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Bug #48538 iconv_strlen() does not reject invalid charset on PHP6
Submitted: 2009-06-12 18:17 UTC Modified: 2010-06-20 23:53 UTC
From: wharmby at uk dot ibm dot com Assigned:
Status: Wont fix Package: ICONV related
PHP Version: 6CVS-2009-06-12 (snap) OS: Win XP Pro
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2009-06-12 18:17 UTC] wharmby at uk dot ibm dot com 
Description:
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The PHP 6 version of iconv_strlen() does not raise a notice when a invalid charset is specified for the optional charset argument

Similar issue with iconv_strpos(). 

Reproduce code:
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<?php
	$string = 'abcdef';
	$encoding = 'unknown-encoding';
	var_dump(iconv_strlen($string, $encoding));
?>


Expected result:
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bool(false)
PHP Notice:  iconv_strlen(): Wrong charset, conversion from `unknown-encoding' to `UCS-4LE' is not allowed in ...

Actual result:
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int(6)

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 [2009-06-12 19:01 UTC] wharmby at uk dot ibm dot com 
Two new PHP 6 tests dropped which are tagged as XFAIL until this defect resolved. They are


ext/iconv/tests/iconv_strlen_variation2.phpt
ext/iconv/tests/iconv_strpos_error_2.phpt
 [2010-06-20 23:53 UTC] felipe@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Wont fix
 [2010-06-20 23:53 UTC] felipe@php.net 
This just occurred in the old trunk version.
 
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