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Bug #36106 Output of base64_decode differs between 5.0.4 and 5.1.2
Submitted: 2006-01-20 17:27 UTC Modified: 2006-01-20 19:43 UTC
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From: schapht at verizon dot net Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: URL related
PHP Version: 5.1.2 OS: CentOS 4.1
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 [2006-01-20 17:27 UTC] schapht at verizon dot net 
Description:
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The decoding behavior of base64_decode seems to have changed between 5.0.4 and 5.1.2.

A simple case like 'SGVsbG8gV29ybGQh' (Hello World!) works, bu this more complex case (an already encrypted string) breaks.

NOTE: The reason I'm feeding the $complexString output into md5 is that is contains many unprintable characters because the base64_encrypted string is an already blowfish-encrypted string.

Reproduce code:
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<?php

$string = "B 5mvYwuEVli6vkhSUH9dRwpxUWe6LdXQOV8PTak0nlftEZ8lMwnib7 Z SJQt5gXtf1FirG3p8ryIM6JBVVBRH9ceS5jXkCvi4Y4X8HAAIWyujb1WHOpDIItQ1ixLul1ylezCkBZC5iGDlH/IchuPUMtvnoP9FeOy5CwQ==";
echo md5(base64_decode($string));
echo "\n";
?>

Expected result:
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[schapht@dev ~]$ /usr/local/src/php-5.1.2/sapi/cli/php test.php
Easy    : Hello World!
Complex (fed through md5): 10a36e3377f55d981af2b547971ff3da
[schapht@dev ~]$ /usr/local/src/php-5.0.4/sapi/cli/php test.php
Easy    : Hello World!
Complex (fed through md5): 10a36e3377f55d981af2b547971ff3da

Actual result:
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[schapht@dev ~]$ /usr/local/src/php-5.1.2/sapi/cli/php test.php
Easy    : Hello World!
Complex (fed through md5): 52054f13d2bc7b82cd55bcb37c02b32b
[schapht@dev ~]$ /usr/local/src/php-5.0.4/sapi/cli/php test.php
Easy    : Hello World!
Complex (fed through md5): 10a36e3377f55d981af2b547971ff3da

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 [2006-01-20 17:28 UTC] schapht at verizon dot net 
Sorry... Above code is incorrect, the following is the script under test:

<?php

$easyString = "SGVsbG8gV29ybGQh";
$complexString = "B 5mvYwuEVli6vkhSUH9dRwpxUWe6LdXQOV8PTak0nlftEZ8lMwnib7 Z SJQt5gXtf1FirG3p8ryIM6JBVVBRH9ceS5jXkCvi4Y4X8HAAIWyujb1WHOpDIItQ1ixLul1ylezCkBZC5iGDlH/IchuPUMtvnoP9FeOy5CwQ==";

echo "Easy    : ". base64_decode($easyString) ."\n";
echo "Complex (fed through md5): ". md5(base64_decode($complexString)) ."\n";
?>
 [2006-01-20 19:28 UTC] schapht at verizon dot net 
I have report from a ##php user that 4.4.1 follows the same behavior as 5.1.2.  I wonder if it was something that got fixed in 5.0.4, then somehow lost.
 [2006-01-20 19:43 UTC] tony2001@php.net 
See bug #34214.
In 5.0.4 base64_decode() produces bool(false) with your code and this is fixed in newer releases.
 
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