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Bug #37670 Serialize fails unexpectedly
Submitted: 2006-06-02 03:28 UTC Modified: 2006-06-02 09:51 UTC
From: daniel dot oconnor at gmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Class/Object related
PHP Version: 5.1.4 OS: windows
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2006-06-02 03:28 UTC] daniel dot oconnor at gmail dot com 
Description:
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Serialize does not appear to be serializing fully or safely.

Reproduce code:
---------------
<?php
class BugFeed {
    protected $cache;

    public function __construct($options) {
        if (isset($options["cache"])) {
            $this->cache = $options["cache"];
        }
    }

    public function fetch() {} 

    public static function render($type = "edit") {}
}

$stuff = array(new BugFeed(array()));

print serialize($stuff);

Expected result:
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a serialized string of my BugFeed object, or if it was unable to properly serialize it, an exception or warning.

Actual result:
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a:1:{i:0;O:7:"BugFeed":1:{s:8:"

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 [2006-06-02 06:24 UTC] bjori@php.net 
Please try using this CVS snapshot:

  http://snaps.php.net/php5.2-latest.tar.gz
 
For Windows:
 
  http://snaps.php.net/win32/php5.2-win32-latest.zip

Works just fine for me
 [2006-06-02 06:49 UTC] daniel dot oconnor at gmail dot com 
Sorry, I can't try it on the CVS copy.

To amend the bug report:
<?php
class BugFeed {
    protected $cache;

    public function __construct($options) {
        if (isset($options["cache"])) {
            $this->cache = $options["cache"];
        }
    }

    public function fetch() {} 

    public static function render($type = "edit") {}
}

$stuff = array(new BugFeed(array()));

$cereal = serialize($stuff);
$stuff2 = unserialize($cereal);
$stuff3 = unserialize((string)$cereal);

var_dump($stuff2 == $stuff);

var_dump($stuff3 == $stuff);
var_dump(strlen($cereal));
print $cereal . "\n";
print (string)$cereal;
print "hello world?";


----
Produces:
bool(true)
bool(true)
int(45)
a:1:{i:0;O:7:"BugFeed":1:{s:8:"

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That is to say: there's an unexpected EOF character output in the serialized code.
 [2006-06-02 06:58 UTC] derick@php.net 
Please try using this CVS snapshot:

  http://snaps.php.net/php5.2-latest.tar.gz
 
For Windows:
 
  http://snaps.php.net/win32/php5.2-win32-latest.zip

Works fine for me too. Please try a snapshot.
 [2006-06-02 09:51 UTC] mike@php.net 
I fail to see a bug here.

What ever you use to view the output it doesn't show beyond \0. Protected properties are preceeded by \0*\0 though.
 
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