diff --git a/ext/mbstring/tests/mb_str_split_other.phpt b/ext/mbstring/tests/mb_str_split_other.phpt
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+--TEST--
+mb_str_split() tests for more text encodings
+--EXTENSIONS--
+mbstring
+--FILE--
+<?php
+$array = mb_str_split("\x00\x01\x02\x03\x04\x05\x06\x07", 2, "UCS-2BE");
+echo "[", bin2hex($array[0]), ", ", bin2hex($array[1]), "]\n";
+?>
+--EXPECT--
+[00010203, 04050607]