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Bug #70623 json_last_error() for json_decode("") is 4
Submitted: 2015-10-02 15:19 UTC Modified: 2015-10-04 17:09 UTC
From: mikeffrancis at gmail dot com Assigned: bukka (profile)
Status: Wont fix Package: json (PECL)
PHP Version: 7.0.0RC4 OS: Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2015-10-02 15:19 UTC] mikeffrancis at gmail dot com 
Description:
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Just testing out PHP7 and decoding an empty string is different for PHP 5.6.* and PHP 7.

Not sure if this is a bug with the current version of PHP or with PHP7 but surely the responses should be the same.

Test script:
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json_decode(""); var_dump(json_last_error());

Expected result:
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0

Actual result:
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4

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 [2015-10-03 04:21 UTC] laruence@php.net
-Assigned To: +Assigned To: bukka
 [2015-10-03 04:36 UTC] ansouphorn at gmail dot com 
In PHP7, if empty string is given, should return 4 which is the PHP_JSON_ERROR_SYNTAX. I think it is not a bug and it works as it supposed to.
 [2015-10-03 11:24 UTC] bwoebi@php.net
-Status: Assigned +Status: Wont fix
 [2015-10-03 11:24 UTC] bwoebi@php.net 
This was an intentional change, as said before, nothing is not a valid JSON expression.
 [2015-10-03 12:53 UTC] mikeffrancis at gmail dot com 
Ok - surely this is a bug with current versions then if it should return a different value for "" - going forward?
 [2015-10-04 17:09 UTC] bukka@php.net 
As Bob says, this was an intentional change in PHP 7. It was originally added also to 5.5 5.6 but it was reverted as it would be too big BC for point release.

See commit discussion about that:

https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/a7b3abe4e6f5e2fdfd8d55b676c9ca6b3f9c8cc8#commitcomment-9576811
 
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