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Bug #57059 Sanitize string : encode amp
Submitted: 2006-06-02 09:33 UTC Modified: 2006-11-09 20:16 UTC
From: c dot lecocq at pixandlog dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: filter (PECL)
PHP Version: Irrelevant OS: Gentoo Linux
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2006-06-02 09:33 UTC] c dot lecocq at pixandlog dot com 
Description:
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When used with FILTER_FLAG_ENCODE_AMP flag, the SANITIZE_STRING filter re-encode '&' who came from current encoding.
(ex: ' -> ' -> ')

Reproduce code:
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<?php
$variable = "abc&def'ghi";
var_dump(filter_data($variable, FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING, FILTER_FLAG_ENCODE_AMP));
?>


Expected result:
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string(23) "abc&#38;def&#39;ghi"

Actual result:
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string(23) "abc&#38;def&#38;#39;ghi"

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 [2006-06-02 10:45 UTC] c dot lecocq at pixandlog dot com 
Description:
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FILTER_UNSAFE_RAW dont seem to have the same bug...

Reproduce code:
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<?php
$variable = "abc&d?fghi";
var_dump(filter_data($variable, FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING, FILTER_FLAG_ENCODE_HIGH | FILTER_FLAG_ENCODE_AMP));
var_dump(filter_data($variable, FILTER_UNSAFE_RAW, FILTER_FLAG_ENCODE_HIGH | FILTER_FLAG_ENCODE_AMP));
?>

Expected result:
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string(19) "abc&#38;d&#233;fghi"
string(19) "abc&#38;d&#233;fghi"

Actual result:
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string(23) "abc&#38;d&#38;#233;fghi"
string(19) "abc&#38;d&#233;fghi"
 [2006-11-09 20:16 UTC] ilia at prohost dot org 
Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not
a bug.

Sanitize string causes php to encode ' into html entity. Then 
you apply the encode amp flag, which converts all & including 
that part of the ' entity into html entities, subsequently 
causing double encoding.
 
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