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Bug #29049 usort() does not trigger an error when callback does not exist
Submitted: 2004-07-07 15:02 UTC Modified: 2004-07-08 19:07 UTC
From: bugs dot php dot net at chsc dot dk Assigned: iliaa (profile)
Status: Closed Package: Arrays related
PHP Version: 4CVS, 5CVS OS: *
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
 [2004-07-07 15:02 UTC] bugs dot php dot net at chsc dot dk
Description:
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When the second argument to usort() is not a valid callback, no error is triggered, and the return value is true.

This makes debugging tricky.

When invoked with an invalid callback, usort() for some reason rearranges the values in the array anyway.

Reproduce code:
---------------
<?php
error_reporting(E_ALL);
$array = array(1, 7, 3, 2);
var_dump(usort($array, 'not a function name'));
var_dump($array);
var_dump(usort($array, 9999));
var_dump($array);
var_dump(usort($array, array('foo', 'bar')));
var_dump($array);
?>

Expected result:
----------------
The output should be three error messages, three times "bool(false)" and three times the original array.

Actual result:
--------------
bool(true)
array(4) {
  [0]=>
  int(2)
  [1]=>
  int(3)
  [2]=>
  int(7)
  [3]=>
  int(1)
}
bool(true)
array(4) {
  [0]=>
  int(1)
  [1]=>
  int(7)
  [2]=>
  int(3)
  [3]=>
  int(2)
}
bool(true)
array(4) {
  [0]=>
  int(2)
  [1]=>
  int(3)
  [2]=>
  int(7)
  [3]=>
  int(1)
}
 

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 [2004-07-08 11:29 UTC] sniper@php.net
There isn't any checking done in any of the u*sort() functions for the callback being valid. (zend_is_callable() should be used?)

This might be intentional, since the check would slow these functions down a bit..?

 [2004-07-08 19:07 UTC] iliaa@php.net
This bug has been fixed in CVS.

Snapshots of the sources are packaged every three hours; this change
will be in the next snapshot. You can grab the snapshot at
http://snaps.php.net/.
 
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