From: Operating system: any PHP version: Irrelevant Package: Unknown/Other Function Bug Type: Bug Bug description:Null byte in source causes file to be ignored, no error or warning reported
Description: ------------ NULL bytes in the source code seem to confuse PHP. See test script below. The code in the file is not executed, and no error or warning is shown. The result is the same if you run it from the command line or from a web server (ruling out a web server problem). This bug has been discovered on MacOS X (10.6.8) with a default, unpatched PHP 5.3.6; but it has been reproduced (so far) as well on Debian 2.6.26-2 with the most recent version of PHP. It does not matter where the null byte(s) is/are placed. They can even be inside a comment! I discovered this bug by accident as I had inadvertently copied a NULL-byte into a comment inside a file that I was require()'ing from elsewhere. The require()'d code was not run, but, even with error_reporting(-1), no warning or error message was displayed. I couldn't figure out what was wrong until I looked at the file with a text editor that can make non-printing characters visible. Removing the NULL byte fixed the problem. Test script: --------------- This is a 1-line PHP script that contains a single NULL byte: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/257587/test.php Just showing printable chars, the contents of this file is: <?php echo "Hi"; ?> The NULL byte is located after the closing semicolon. (However, the exact location is irrelevant in order to reproduce the bug.) Expected result: ---------------- The string 'Hi' should be output. Actual result: -------------- Instead, PHP outputs a number of non-printing characters (usually shown as question marks). Depending on the position and number of NULL bytes in the source code, the output may also be nothing at all. -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=60395&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60395&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60395&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60395&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60395&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60395&r=needdocs Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60395&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60395&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60395&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60395&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60395&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60395&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60395&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60395&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60395&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60395&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60395&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60395&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60395&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60395&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60395&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60395&r=mysqlcfg
