[PHP-DEV] Fixing a bug : a personal report

Hi

I wrote a report of my first dive into php-src in an attempt to fix a bug.
https://github.com/mytskine/php-src/wiki/bug40531-mbsubstr
I tried to detail everything as a personal memo, then for a friend of mine,
and now I've put it into a github wiki page.

I wonder if it can be useful to anyone. If you have the time to read it, I'm
very interested in any comments, especially on the technical parts (integers,
null values and zval). Please don't be to harsh if I misunderstood something.

Regards
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On 03/20/2012 05:43 AM, François Gannaz wrote:
> Hi
>
> I wrote a report of my first dive into php-src in an attempt to fix a bug.
> https://github.com/mytskine/php-src/wiki/bug40531-mbsubstr
> I tried to detail everything as a personal memo, then for a friend of mine,
> and now I've put it into a github wiki page.
>
> I wonder if it can be useful to anyone. If you have the time to read it, I'm
> very interested in any comments, especially on the technical parts (integers,
> null values and zval). Please don't be to harsh if I misunderstood something.
>
> Regards
> --
> François Gannaz
>

I linked to it from a new development resource page https://wiki.php.net/internals/references

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2012/3/20 François Gannaz <[email protected]>

> Hi
>
> I wrote a report of my first dive into php-src in an attempt to fix a bug..
> https://github.com/mytskine/php-src/wiki/bug40531-mbsubstr
> I tried to detail everything as a personal memo, then for a friend of mine,
> and now I've put it into a github wiki page.
>
> I wonder if it can be useful to anyone. If you have the time to read it,
> I'm
> very interested in any comments, especially on the technical parts
> (integers,
> null values and zval). Please don't be to harsh if I misunderstood
> something.
>

That's a really nice resource, François. I can't speak to the technical
accuracy, as I've not developed a PHP extension or worked in the core yet.
However, as someone who will be exploring a few core ideas in the near
future, this is really helpful.

Thanks!

Adam

On 03/20/2012 02:43 PM, François Gannaz wrote:
> Hi
>
> I wrote a report of my first dive into php-src in an attempt to fix a bug.
> https://github.com/mytskine/php-src/wiki/bug40531-mbsubstr

Hi.

I must admit that I haven't read the whole article, but I read that you used ack
to search through code.

I recommend you to visit: http://lxr.php.net/
A great tool for navigating the PHP source.


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