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Doc Bug #70928 base_convert doesn't distinguish capital letter
Submitted: 2015-11-17 09:42 UTC Modified: 2016-01-15 13:24 UTC
From: tony at prettysimplegames dot com Assigned: cmb (profile)
Status: Closed Package: Math related
PHP Version: Irrelevant OS: All
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2015-11-17 09:42 UTC] tony at prettysimplegames dot com
Description:
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From manual page: http://www.php.net/function.base-convert
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base_convert function in the documentation is displayed with a capital letter. The fact that base_convert accept to transform a capital letter and convert it to the same letter in lower case is confusing and can cause serious problem.

If you base_convert from a base A to a base B, and then convert from base B to base A the original string is not the same.


In the ext/standard/math.c file the total base is without capital letters:
PHPAPI zend_string * _php_math_longtobase(zval *arg, int base)
{
	static char digits[] = "0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";




Test script:
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$original_string = "A1";

$string_in_base_two = base_convert($original_string, 32, 2);
$string_in_base_thirty_two = base_convert($string_in_base_two, 2, 32);

var_dump($string_in_base_two);
var_dump($string_in_base_thirty_two);
var_dump($original_string == $string_in_base_thirty_two);

Expected result:
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- At least update the documentation and add the dictionary "0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz" and remove the example with the capital letter.

- At best throw an error/return false when the base_convert function is used with invalid range: 

base_convert("A1", 32, 2) must return false in my opinion.

Actual result:
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base_convert("A1", 32, 2) return the same thing as base_convert("a1", 32, 2)

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 [2015-11-18 01:50 UTC] requinix@php.net
-Type: Feature/Change Request +Type: Documentation Problem -Package: PHP Language Specification +Package: Math related
 [2015-11-18 01:50 UTC] requinix@php.net
Rejecting capital letters would be a big BC break. Given how commonly hex strings use capitals, for example, forcing the programmer to remember to strtolower() the input first would be cruel. Really, case sensitivity should only matter if the function supported bases beyond 36 (which it doesn't).

So I'm going to go with a doc bug: change the example to use lowercase, and add a note that the function accepts capitalized input but returns lowercased output.
 [2016-01-15 13:23 UTC] cmb@php.net
-Summary: base_convert should distinguish capital letter +Summary: base_convert doesn't distinguish capital letter -Assigned To: +Assigned To: cmb
 [2016-01-15 13:24 UTC] cmb@php.net
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Revision: http://svn.php.net/viewvc/?view=revision&revision=338497
Log: fix #70928: base_convert doesn't distinguish capital letter
 [2016-01-15 13:24 UTC] cmb@php.net
-Status: Assigned +Status: Closed
 [2016-01-15 13:24 UTC] cmb@php.net
This bug has been fixed in the documentation's XML sources. Since the
online and downloadable versions of the documentation need some time
to get updated, we would like to ask you to be a bit patient.

Thank you for the report, and for helping us make our documentation better.
 [2020-02-07 06:07 UTC] phpdocbot@php.net
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Revision: http://git.php.net/?p=doc/en.git;a=commit;h=351c52e74c397d3e275a51260760b062731498a8
Log: fix #70928: base_convert doesn't distinguish capital letter
 
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