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Bug #28975 printf("%6.2f") and values less than 1 gives wrong output
Submitted: 2004-06-30 17:40 UTC Modified: 2004-08-12 14:00 UTC
Votes:8
Avg. Score:4.6 ± 0.7
Reproduced:8 of 8 (100.0%)
Same Version:5 (62.5%)
Same OS:3 (37.5%)
From: phpbug at billix dot franken dot de Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: Output Control
PHP Version: Irrelevant OS: Linux
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2004-06-30 17:40 UTC] phpbug at billix dot franken dot de 
Description:
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A printf of float values less than 1 gives an incorrect output. It looks like the numbers before the dot equal the width specifier...

This happens with every tested PHP version (4.3.7, 5.0.0RC3 and CVS)

With PHP 4.3.6 both outputs were wrong...

Oliver

Reproduce code:
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$a = sprintf ( "%06.2f" , 0.5 );
$b = sprintf ( "%06.2f" , 1.5 );
var_dump($a);
var_dump($b);


Expected result:
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string(6) "000.50"
string(6) "001.50"


Actual result:
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string(9) "000000.50"
string(6) "001.50"

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 [2004-07-16 10:05 UTC] arattink at correct dot net 
Line 401/403 in ext/standard/formatted_printf.c should be 
removed.  
 
/*	if (precision > 0) { 
		width += (precision + 1);	 
}*/ 
 
I'm not a PHP-developer, but 'width' passed to 
php_sprintf_appenddouble should be passed on to 
php_sprintf_appendstring unaltered. It seems that in most cases 
precision is garbled to 0 so it works most of the time.
 [2004-07-19 10:18 UTC] christophe dot bidaux at netcourrier dot com 
i have the same problem between the 4.3.4 and the 4.3.8 php version, on windows system...

i made some new tests and i think that when the value is less than 1, in 4.3.8, the number of digits before the decimal-point in the sprintf (6 in the example) is used as the number of digits before the decimal-point in the returned value (000000.50), whereas in the 4.3.4 version, this value is used for the length of the entire value (included the decimal-point).
 [2004-08-03 20:47 UTC] jwilliam at kcr dot uky dot edu 
I also have the same problem after upgrading from 4.3.4 to 5.0.0.   Worked fine in 4.3.4.

John
 [2004-08-12 14:00 UTC] phpbug at billix dot franken dot de 
By fixing bug #28633, this has been fixed as well ;.)
 
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