php.net |  support |  documentation |  report a bug |  advanced search |  search howto |  statistics |  random bug |  login

go to bug id or search bugs for

Bug #64149 Multi-byte char contains 0x5C as second byte causes syntax error
Submitted: 2013-02-05 03:34 UTC Modified: 2013-02-18 00:36 UTC
From: mukarami dot kazuo at jp dot fujitsu dot com Assigned:
Status: No Feedback Package: mbstring related
PHP Version: 5.4.11 OS: windows7 professional 32bit
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
View Developer Edit
 [2013-02-05 03:34 UTC] mukarami dot kazuo at jp dot fujitsu dot com 
Description:
------------
Multi-byte character contains 0x5C as second byte causes syntax error at
Literal constant value.
Japanese Shift-Jis Code 42 Characters contain 0x5C as second byte.
for example Jananese-character 0x95,0x5C means  word "table".

print("X"); causes syntax error. (X is 0x95,0x5c)

however
 print(trim("X ")); not causes syntax error.
 


Test script:
---------------
can not write literal constant value in Japanaese character 
to this farme.

print("X");

X is multi-byte character contains  0x95 and 0x5C

Patches

php5.4.11buildjan62013 (last revision 2013-02-05 03:38 UTC by mukarami dot kazuo at jp dot fujitsu dot com)

Pull Requests

History

AllCommentsChangesGit/SVN commitsRelated reports
 [2013-02-05 04:00 UTC] rasmus@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Feedback
 [2013-02-05 04:00 UTC] rasmus@php.net 
0x5C is a low-ascii \ which is likely the source of this problem.
In your php.ini file try adding:

zend.script_encoding= "Shift-JIS"

And let us know if that fixes your problem.
 [2013-02-18 00:36 UTC] php-bugs at lists dot php dot net 
No feedback was provided. The bug is being suspended because
we assume that you are no longer experiencing the problem.
If this is not the case and you are able to provide the
information that was requested earlier, please do so and
change the status of the bug back to "Open". Thank you.
 
PHP Copyright © 2001-2025 The PHP Group
All rights reserved. 		Last updated: Wed Nov 05 09:00:01 2025 UTC