From: fznohluwlempsh at mailinator dot com
Operating system: all of them
PHP version: 5.2.3
PHP Bug Type: Unknown/Other Function
Bug description: substr_replace() returns FALSE
Description:
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After upgrading from 5.2.1 to 5.2.3, my app broke. Why? Because I had the
audacity to use substr_replace() in a perfectly reasonable way.
This isn't rocket science. If $length is longer than the length of
$string, substr_replace() should return the same as if $length was not
given. It should not return FALSE. Hell, it doesn't even return FALSE if
you specify the string 'blow me' as $length. Fuck the what?
And don't even think about giving me the standard bullshit "please
double-check the documentation" non-answer that bug report #41395 got on
this same issue. I triple-checked the documentation, and nowhere did it
say, "Oh, and now it sometimes returns FALSE for no fucking reason. Sit and
spin -- we'll break compatibility in sub-point releases whenever we goddamn
want."
Reproduce code:
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<?php
var_dump(substr_replace('12345', 'abc', 3));
var_dump(substr_replace('12345', 'abc', 3, 3));
var_dump(substr_replace('12345', 'abc', 3, 4));
var_dump(substr_replace('12345', 'abc', 3, 5));
var_dump(substr_replace('12345', 'abc', 3, 6));
Expected result:
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string(6) "123abc"
string(6) "123abc"
string(6) "123abc"
string(6) "123abc"
string(6) "123abc"
Actual result:
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string(6) "123abc"
string(6) "123abc"
string(6) "123abc"
string(6) "123abc"
bool(false) <-- This shit is broke!
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Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42142&r=fixedcvs
Fixed in release:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42142&r=alreadyfixed
Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42142&r=needtrace
Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42142&r=needscript
Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42142&r=oldversion
Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42142&r=support
Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42142&r=notwrong
Not enough info:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42142&r=notenoughinfo
Submitted twice:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42142&r=submittedtwice
register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42142&r=globals
PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42142&r=php3
Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42142&r=dst
IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42142&r=isapi
Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42142&r=gnused
Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42142&r=float
No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42142&r=nozend
MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=42142&r=mysqlcfg
