ID: 49574 Updated by: [email protected] Reported By: deminy at deminy dot net -Status: Closed +Status: Bogus Bug Type: Unknown/Other Function Operating System: OS-unrelated PHP Version: 5.3SVN-2009-09-17 (SVN) New Comment:
It is a forward compatibility option to pass binary strings. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2009-09-17 00:50:28] deminy at deminy dot net I did some tests and found out the syntax is actually right (at least with PHP 5.2.10 on Ubuntu) :) So it is not a bug, however, I couldn't find any documentation/post/article describing this mysterious syntax. It will be very nice if someone can document it in the Strings section of PHP Manual. thanks ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2009-09-17 00:28:08] deminy at deminy dot net Description: ------------ By making a 'svn diff' on PHP v3.0 and PHP v3.0.1RC1, I found following changes (which also exists in http://svn.php.net/repository/php/php-src/branches/PHP_5_3/run-tests.php rev 286503 (latest revision): Index: run-tests.php =================================================================== --- run-tests.php (.../php_5_3_0) (revision 288389) +++ run-tests.php (.../php_5_3_1RC1) (revision 288389) @@ -1023,7 +1023,7 @@ { global $leak_check, $cwd; - $data = ''; + $data = b''; $bin_env = array(); foreach((array)$env as $key => $value) { @@ -1059,23 +1059,23 @@ break; } else if ($n === 0) { /* timed out */ - $data .= "\n ** ERROR: process timed out **\n"; + $data .= b"\n ** ERROR: process timed out **\n"; Obviously the change introduced some PHP syntax errors. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=49574&edit=1
