Merge branch 'PHP-8.0'

* PHP-8.0:
  Detect overlarge step for character range()

Author: nikic

ext/standard/array.c

@@ -2730,7 +2730,7 @@ PHP_FUNCTION(range)
 		high = (unsigned char)Z_STRVAL_P(zhigh)[0];
 
 		if (low > high) {		/* Negative Steps */
-			if (lstep <= 0) {
+			if (low - high < lstep || lstep <= 0) {
 				err = 1;
 				goto err;
 			}
@@ -2747,7 +2747,7 @@ PHP_FUNCTION(range)
 				}
 			} ZEND_HASH_FILL_END();
 		} else if (high > low) {	/* Positive Steps */
-			if (lstep <= 0) {
+			if (high - low < lstep || lstep <= 0) {
 				err = 1;
 				goto err;
 			}

ext/standard/tests/array/range_errors.phpt

@@ -47,6 +47,20 @@ try {
     echo $e->getMessage(), "\n";
 }
 
+echo "\n\n-- Testing ( (low < high) && (high-low < step) ) for characters --\n";
+try {
+    var_dump(range('a', 'z', 100));
+} catch (\ValueError $e) {
+    echo $e->getMessage(), "\n";
+}
+
+echo "\n\n-- Testing ( (low > high) && (low-high < step) ) for characters --\n";
+try {
+    var_dump(range('z', 'a', 100));
+} catch (\ValueError $e) {
+    echo $e->getMessage(), "\n";
+}
+
 echo "\n-- Testing other conditions --\n";
 try {
     var_dump( range(-1, -2, 2) );
@@ -97,6 +111,14 @@ range(): Argument #3 ($step) must not exceed the specified range
 -- Testing ( (low > high) && (low-high < step) ) --
 range(): Argument #3 ($step) must not exceed the specified range
 
+
+-- Testing ( (low < high) && (high-low < step) ) for characters --
+range(): Argument #3 ($step) must not exceed the specified range
+
+
+-- Testing ( (low > high) && (low-high < step) ) for characters --
+range(): Argument #3 ($step) must not exceed the specified range
+
 -- Testing other conditions --
 range(): Argument #3 ($step) must not exceed the specified range
 range(): Argument #3 ($step) must be of type int|float, string given