Multi-Byte character breaks tempnam functionality
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Description
Description
Hi all,
first of all thanks for all the development on PHP. Love the language more than ever. In a recent project I encountered this bug (?):
tempnam() shortens the given prefix after character 63. When passing a multi-byte character in this position, the shortened prefix contains a malformed character. MacOS does not seem to be able to handle that, hence no file is created and a notice is triggered. The PHP docs do not state, that multi-byte strings are not allowed with tempnam().
To reproduce
- Create a new folder
- Create script
test.phpin this folder and paste the following code into it:
<?php
// String concatenation only for highlighting the malicious character
$prefix = 'this_string_pushes_the_multi_byte_character_in_position_______' . 'ä' . 'foobar';
var_dump(tempnam(__DIR__, $prefix));
- Run
php test.phpin that directory.
Desired behaviour
It should create a temporary file in this folder and tempnam() should return the path to the file:
string(108) "/Users/benedict/dev/multibyte/this_string_pushes_the_multi_byte_character_in_position_______atWEta7"
Actual behaviour
On MacOS (tested with Sonoma 14.6.1 and Sequoia 15.1) no temporary file is created, a notice is triggered and tempnam() returns false:
PHP Notice: tempnam(): file created in the system's temporary directory in /Users/benedict/dev/multibyte/test.php on line 16
Notice: tempnam(): file created in the system's temporary directory in /Users/benedict/dev/multibyte/test.php on line 16
bool(false)
When you change the ä in position 63 for anything but a multi-byte character, everything works as expected
If I can provide any further information, please let me know.
PHP Version
PHP 8.3.13
Operating System
MacOS Sonoma 14.6.1
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Research direction
Start with the tempnam() entry point and reproduce the behavior using the test.php script and the supplied multibyte prefix on macOS. Compare the handling of the 63-character prefix boundary for ä and single-byte characters; done means tempnam() creates the file in the requested folder and returns its path without a notice.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- c, php
- Domain
- backend, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100