PHP :: Bug #57461 :: Error with escaped backslash

[2006-12-28 07:36 UTC] alex at passant dot org

Description:
------------
When a string contains \\, json_decode returns no result (while \/ works fine).


Reproduce code:
---------------
{
  "head": {
    "vars": ["site", "name"]
  },
  "results": {
    "distinct": true,
    "bindings": [
      {
        "site": { "type": "uri", "value": "http://b4mad.net/datenbrei/" },
        "name": { "type": "literal", "value": "B:\\datenbrei" }
      }
    ]
  }
}


Expected result:
----------------
stdClass Object
(
    [head] => stdClass Object
        (
            [vars] => Array
                (
                    [0] => site
                    [1] => name
                )

        )

    [results] => stdClass Object
        (
            [distinct] => 1
            [bindings] => Array
                (
                    [0] => stdClass Object
                        (
                            [site] => stdClass Object
                                (
                                    [type] => uri
                                    [value] => http://b4mad.net/datenbrei/
                                )

                            [name] => stdClass Object
                                (
                                    [type] => literal
                                    [value] => B:\datenbrei
                                )

                        )

                )

        )

)

Actual result:
--------------
None

[2008-12-18 21:46 UTC] scottmac@php.net

I can't reproduce this with 5.2.6.

<?php
$a = array('name' => 'B:\datenbrei');
var_dump(json_encode($a));
var_dump(json_decode(json_encode($a)));
?>

Produces
string(24) "{"name":"B:\\datenbrei"}"
object(stdClass)#1 (1) {
  ["name"]=>
  string(12) "B:\datenbrei"
}

[2012-08-02 11:44 UTC] lonny at lonnylot dot com

I can reproduce this on 5.4.5-dev

scottmac@php.net - your test is wrong. You need to have two backslashes, not one

[2012-08-30 15:04 UTC] lonnyk at gmail dot com

The issue stems from the fact that when you set a string in a PHP script and it 
contains \\. The \\ is _almost_ *always* interpreted by PHP and stored internally 
as a single \. Because a backslash always needs to be escaped in a json object 
decoding the string always fails.

Currently the only ways to set a string in your script is to either triple escape 
your backslash (\\\) or use a NOWDOC.

The only other option I can come up with is to allow json_decode to take invalid 
json strings (and valid json strings). Here is what that patch would look like: 
https://github.com/lonnylot/php-src/compare/issue-57461

I'm not sure if it would be better to accept invalid json strings or if it would 
be better to just make a note of this in the PHP documentation.

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