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Bug #49219 Incorrect Inputvalidation on GET/POST/REQUEST params in function empty()
Submitted: 2009-08-11 08:38 UTC Modified: 2009-08-11 09:25 UTC
From: er at master-studios dot net Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Unknown/Other Function
PHP Version: 5.2.10 OS: Centos
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2009-08-11 08:38 UTC] er at master-studios dot net 
Description:
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empty() function works incorrect for value validation

Reproduce code:
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From manual page: function.empty
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file.php:

<?php
  if(empty($_GET[s]))
     echo "EMPTY";
  else
     echo "FULL";
?>



Expected result:
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on running the "file.php?s=asdf" works fine. 

Actual result:
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And if an empty array is passed to this function there should also be a "EMPTY" result. but if you call "file.php?s[]=" the you get a FULL.

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 [2009-08-11 09:20 UTC] jani@php.net 
# php -r '$foo=array();var_dump(empty($foo));'
bool(true)

Empty array is empty. Not a bug.
 [2009-08-11 09:25 UTC] jani@php.net 
And as for ?s[]=, that is not empty, it has one empty item:

# QUERY_STRING=foo[]= SCRIPT_FILENAME=t.php src/build/php_5_2/sapi/cgi/php-cgi 
X-Powered-By: PHP/5.2.11-dev
Content-type: text/html

array(1) {
  ["foo"]=>
  array(1) {
    [0]=>
    string(0) ""
  }
}
 
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