From: martin dot contento at gmail dot com Operating system: linux PHP version: 5.2.5 PHP Bug Type: Date/time related Bug description: date_create never fails (even when it should)
Description: ------------ As "karsten" already mentioned (http://de.php.net/manual/en/function.date-create.php#77871) date_create() never returns FALSE like it is supposed to, even when it is handed complete garbage. It seems to be something like "if the string starts with a letter, treat it as a timezone -> this is not a timezone *dies*) edit: also, this bug might be related: http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=40340 Reproduce code: --------------- <?php $date = date_create('asdfasdf'); if ($date instanceof DateTime { echo "this is wrong, should be bool"; } ?> Expected result: ---------------- nothing (i would expect date_create() to handle the error in the timezone function and return FALSE) Actual result: -------------- Warning: date_create(): Failed to parse time string (asdfasdf) at position 0 (a): The timezone could not be found in the database in /home/mcontento/datetimebug.php on line 3 -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=43808&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43808&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43808&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43808&r=trysnapshot53 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43808&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43808&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43808&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43808&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43808&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43808&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43808&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43808&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43808&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43808&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43808&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43808&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43808&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43808&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43808&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43808&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43808&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43808&r=mysqlcfg
