--- /dev/null
+--TEST--
+Bug #49536 (mb_detect_encoding() returns incorrect results when strict_mode is turned on)
+--SKIPIF--
+<?php extension_loaded('mbstring') or die('skip mbstring not available'); ?>
+--FILE--
+<?php
+// non-strict mode
+var_dump(mb_detect_encoding("A\x81", "SJIS", false));
+// strict mode
+var_dump(mb_detect_encoding("A\x81", "SJIS", true));
+// non-strict mode
+var_dump(mb_detect_encoding("\xc0\x00", "UTF-8", false));
+// strict mode
+var_dump(mb_detect_encoding("\xc0\x00", "UTF-8", true));
+?>
+--EXPECT--
+string(4) "SJIS"
+bool(false)
+string(5) "UTF-8"
+bool(false)