--- /dev/null
+--TEST--
+Bug #38944 (newly created ZipArchive segfaults when accessing comment property)
+--SKIPIF--
+<?php if (!extension_loaded("zip")) print "skip"; ?>
+--FILE--
+<?php
+
+$arc_name = dirname(__FILE__)."/bug38944.zip";
+$foo = new ZipArchive;
+$foo->open($arc_name, ZIPARCHIVE::CREATE);;
+
+var_dump($foo->status);
+var_dump($foo->statusSys);
+var_dump($foo->numFiles);
+var_dump($foo->filename);
+var_dump($foo->comment);
+
+var_dump($foo);
+
+echo "Done\n";
+?>
+--EXPECTF--
+int(0)
+int(0)
+int(0)
+string(0) ""
+string(0) ""
+object(ZipArchive)#%d (5) {
+ ["status"]=>
+ int(0)
+ ["statusSys"]=>
+ int(0)
+ ["numFiles"]=>
+ int(0)
+ ["filename"]=>
+ string(0) ""
+ ["comment"]=>
+ string(0) ""
+}
+Done