[PHP-BUG] Bug #71243 [NEW]: session_start() returns true, even for invalid session ids

[email protected] ("maggus dot staab at googlemail dot com")
Newsgroups php.bugs
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From:             maggus dot staab at googlemail dot com
Operating system: Ubuntu12 lts
PHP version:      Irrelevant
Package:          Session related
Bug Type:         Bug
Bug description:session_start() returns true, even for invalid session ids

Description:
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session_start() returns true, even if the configured session_id() is
invalid.

This is similar to https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=65795 but I guess the
cause is different.

Test script:
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https://3v4l.org/HXRoR

session_id('öäü');
var_dump(session_start());

Expected result:
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Warning: The session id contains illegal characters, valid characters
are a-z, A-Z, 0-9 and '-,' in /in/HXRoR on line 4
bool(false)

Actual result:
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Warning: The session id contains illegal characters, valid characters
are a-z, A-Z, 0-9 and '-,' in /in/HXRoR on line 4
bool(true)

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Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71243&edit=1
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Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4):   https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71243&r=trysnapshot54
Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5):   https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71243&r=trysnapshot55
Try a snapshot (trunk):     https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71243&r=trysnapshottrunk
Fixed in SVN:               https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71243&r=fixed
Fixed in release:           https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71243&r=alreadyfixed
Need backtrace:             https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71243&r=needtrace
Need Reproduce Script:      https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71243&r=needscript
Try newer version:          https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71243&r=oldversion
Not developer issue:        https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71243&r=support
Expected behavior:          https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71243&r=notwrong
Not enough info:            https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71243&r=notenoughinfo
Submitted twice:            https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71243&r=submittedtwice
register_globals:           https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71243&r=globals
PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71243&r=php4
Daylight Savings:           https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71243&r=dst
IIS Stability:              https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71243&r=isapi
Install GNU Sed:            https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71243&r=gnused
Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71243&r=float
No Zend Extensions:         https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71243&r=nozend
MySQL Configuration Error:  https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71243&r=mysqlcfg
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