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PHP version: Irrelevant
Package: Strings related
Bug Type: Feature/Change Request
Bug description:substr() returns false for empty string
Description:
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substr() should not return FALSE if is used with empty string. Yes, it is
documented behaviour (If $string is less than or equal to $start characters
long, FALSE will be returned), but it is not expected behaviour. There is
no way to use "smaller $start".
Test script:
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substr('x', 0, 2) // returns again 'x'
substr('', 0, 2) // returns FALSE but '' is expected
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Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=52628&edit=1
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Fixed in SVN:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52628&r=fixed
Fixed in SVN and need be documented:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52628&r=needdocs
Fixed in release:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52628&r=alreadyfixed
Need backtrace:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52628&r=needtrace
Need Reproduce Script:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52628&r=needscript
Try newer version:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52628&r=oldversion
Not developer issue:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52628&r=support
Expected behavior:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52628&r=notwrong
Not enough info:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52628&r=notenoughinfo
Submitted twice:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52628&r=submittedtwice
register_globals:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52628&r=globals
PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52628&r=php4
Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52628&r=dst
IIS Stability:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52628&r=isapi
Install GNU Sed:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52628&r=gnused
Floating point limitations:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52628&r=float
No Zend Extensions:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52628&r=nozend
MySQL Configuration Error:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52628&r=mysqlcfg
