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Bug #23921 printf/sprintf problem with %f and negative numbers
Submitted: 2003-05-31 08:42 UTC Modified: 2003-05-31 09:01 UTC
From: abajolet at toiletoine dot net Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: Strings related
PHP Version: 4.3.2 OS: Linux Mandrake 8.1
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
 [2003-05-31 08:42 UTC] abajolet at toiletoine dot net
Hello.

I just discover strange behavior of printf/sprintf :

This code :
<?php
printf('%01.2f',0.2); print '<br>';
$test = sprintf('%01.2f',0.2);
print strlen($test).'<br>';
print ord(substr($test,-1)).'<br>';

printf('%01.2f',-0.2); print '<br>';
$test = sprintf('%01.2f',-0.2);
print strlen($test).'<br>';
print ord(substr($test,-1)).'<br>';
?>

Give me :
0.20
4
48
-0.20<invisible character there -> mozilla displays a square>
6
0

It seems that the bug #6192 is back !

With php 4.3.0, this bug did not appear, with exactly the same config but php itself.

Compile options, both 4.3.0 and 4.3.2 :

./configure --with-apxs2=/usr/local/apache2/bin/apxs \
            --with-config-file-path=/etc \
            --with-ming \
            --with-ldap \
            --with-mysql \
            --with-pgsql \
            --with-gd \
            --with-jpeg-dir=../jpeg-6b \
            --with-png-dir=../libpng-1.2.2 \
            --with-freetype-dir=../freetype-2.1.0 \
            --with-t1lib \
            --enable-bcmath \
            --enable-calendar \
            --enable-trans-sid \
            --with-mcrypt \
            --with-mhash \
            --with-regex=php \
            --with-zlib \
            --enable-ftp \
            --with-openssl \
            --with-snmp \
            --enable-ucd-snmp-hack \
            --enable-sockets \
            --enable-track-vars \
            --enable-magic-quotes \
            --enable-xslt \
            --with-xslt-sablot \
            --with-iconv=/usr/local \
            --enable-sigchild \
            --enable-inline-optimization

Best regards,
Antoine Bajolet

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