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ext/snmp: Promote 4 E_WARNING to ValueError for invalid input #21318

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@thomasvincent

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Four validation checks in ext/snmp still emit E_WARNING and return false for invalid input arguments, rather than throwing ValueError as is standard practice since PHP 8.0.

Affected locations

  1. Malformed IPv6 address (snmp_session_init) — hostname like [dead:beef:: (missing closing ]) emits E_WARNING instead of throwing ValueError.

  2. Type array too short (php_snmp_parse_oid) — when snmpset() receives fewer types than OIDs, emits E_WARNING("no type set") instead of ValueError.

  3. Value array too short (php_snmp_parse_oid) — same pattern as JUNIT support #2 for values.

  4. Invalid context engine ID (snmp_session_set_contextEngineID) — non-hex string emits E_WARNING. The existing code already has a // TODO Promote to Error? comment requesting this change.

Notes

  • The IPv6 validation is called from both the procedural API (hostname = arg 1) and the OO SNMP::__construct (hostname = arg 2). A plain zend_value_error() is appropriate rather than zend_argument_value_error() to avoid showing a wrong argument position.
  • The generate_Ku() warnings (authentication/privacy key generation, lines ~1089/1105) are intentionally left as E_WARNING since those can fail for runtime reasons (library configuration, unsupported algorithm), not purely bad input.
  • This is a backward compatibility break: code relying on set_error_handler() + checking for false returns will now get uncaught ValueError exceptions.

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master (targeting next minor/major)

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