Abnormal PHP string length and when searching Elasticsearch using PHP












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I got abnormal PHP string from Elasticsearch.



step 1: php curl to invoke elastic search to get result $value,



step 2: php $value2 = strip_tags($value); // to remove all html tags



step 3: var_dump($value2)



step 4: echo 'len='.mb_strlen($value2);



step 5: echo 'substr='.mb_substr($value2);



step 3 Output is:




string(974) " Ginger Never believe diet can help with cancer, but nice
try. 2018-01-22 11:20:21 Gland Totally no snacks? there must be some
snacks on the list, right... 2018-01-22 10:25:32 Reloated Article: How
to Treat Bladder Cancer with Diet?"




step 4 output is:




len=974




step 5 output is:




Empty string




Problem:




  1. The total number of chars is about 231. Obviously less than 974.


  2. mb_strlen($value2) = 974, when replace mb_strlen with strlen, get the same 974

  3. when invoke php mb_substr($value2), return empty string. use substr, get the same empty string.


What is the reason and how to fix it?
Thanks.










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  • I think it may convert some of the characters to ASCII. Try strlen(utf8_decode($value2)); or mb_strlen($value2, 'UTF-8'); It must be some encoding issue.
    – WKoppel
    Nov 23 at 10:00


















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I got abnormal PHP string from Elasticsearch.



step 1: php curl to invoke elastic search to get result $value,



step 2: php $value2 = strip_tags($value); // to remove all html tags



step 3: var_dump($value2)



step 4: echo 'len='.mb_strlen($value2);



step 5: echo 'substr='.mb_substr($value2);



step 3 Output is:




string(974) " Ginger Never believe diet can help with cancer, but nice
try. 2018-01-22 11:20:21 Gland Totally no snacks? there must be some
snacks on the list, right... 2018-01-22 10:25:32 Reloated Article: How
to Treat Bladder Cancer with Diet?"




step 4 output is:




len=974




step 5 output is:




Empty string




Problem:




  1. The total number of chars is about 231. Obviously less than 974.


  2. mb_strlen($value2) = 974, when replace mb_strlen with strlen, get the same 974

  3. when invoke php mb_substr($value2), return empty string. use substr, get the same empty string.


What is the reason and how to fix it?
Thanks.










share|improve this question
























  • I think it may convert some of the characters to ASCII. Try strlen(utf8_decode($value2)); or mb_strlen($value2, 'UTF-8'); It must be some encoding issue.
    – WKoppel
    Nov 23 at 10:00
















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I got abnormal PHP string from Elasticsearch.



step 1: php curl to invoke elastic search to get result $value,



step 2: php $value2 = strip_tags($value); // to remove all html tags



step 3: var_dump($value2)



step 4: echo 'len='.mb_strlen($value2);



step 5: echo 'substr='.mb_substr($value2);



step 3 Output is:




string(974) " Ginger Never believe diet can help with cancer, but nice
try. 2018-01-22 11:20:21 Gland Totally no snacks? there must be some
snacks on the list, right... 2018-01-22 10:25:32 Reloated Article: How
to Treat Bladder Cancer with Diet?"




step 4 output is:




len=974




step 5 output is:




Empty string




Problem:




  1. The total number of chars is about 231. Obviously less than 974.


  2. mb_strlen($value2) = 974, when replace mb_strlen with strlen, get the same 974

  3. when invoke php mb_substr($value2), return empty string. use substr, get the same empty string.


What is the reason and how to fix it?
Thanks.










share|improve this question















I got abnormal PHP string from Elasticsearch.



step 1: php curl to invoke elastic search to get result $value,



step 2: php $value2 = strip_tags($value); // to remove all html tags



step 3: var_dump($value2)



step 4: echo 'len='.mb_strlen($value2);



step 5: echo 'substr='.mb_substr($value2);



step 3 Output is:




string(974) " Ginger Never believe diet can help with cancer, but nice
try. 2018-01-22 11:20:21 Gland Totally no snacks? there must be some
snacks on the list, right... 2018-01-22 10:25:32 Reloated Article: How
to Treat Bladder Cancer with Diet?"




step 4 output is:




len=974




step 5 output is:




Empty string




Problem:




  1. The total number of chars is about 231. Obviously less than 974.


  2. mb_strlen($value2) = 974, when replace mb_strlen with strlen, get the same 974

  3. when invoke php mb_substr($value2), return empty string. use substr, get the same empty string.


What is the reason and how to fix it?
Thanks.







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  • I think it may convert some of the characters to ASCII. Try strlen(utf8_decode($value2)); or mb_strlen($value2, 'UTF-8'); It must be some encoding issue.
    – WKoppel
    Nov 23 at 10:00




















  • I think it may convert some of the characters to ASCII. Try strlen(utf8_decode($value2)); or mb_strlen($value2, 'UTF-8'); It must be some encoding issue.
    – WKoppel
    Nov 23 at 10:00


















I think it may convert some of the characters to ASCII. Try strlen(utf8_decode($value2)); or mb_strlen($value2, 'UTF-8'); It must be some encoding issue.
– WKoppel
Nov 23 at 10:00






I think it may convert some of the characters to ASCII. Try strlen(utf8_decode($value2)); or mb_strlen($value2, 'UTF-8'); It must be some encoding issue.
– WKoppel
Nov 23 at 10:00














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Sorry, I fix it.
The real text of string contains lots of space char, and they are not rendered in browser. Remove them and everything is OK.






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    The real text of string contains lots of space char, and they are not rendered in browser. Remove them and everything is OK.






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        Sorry, I fix it.
        The real text of string contains lots of space char, and they are not rendered in browser. Remove them and everything is OK.






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        Sorry, I fix it.
        The real text of string contains lots of space char, and they are not rendered in browser. Remove them and everything is OK.







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