ID: 49198 Updated by: paj...@php.net Reported By: inf3rno dot hu at gmail dot com Status: Open Bug Type: PCRE related -Operating System: Windows XP +Operating System: * PHP Version: 5.2.10 New Comment:
Not windows specific Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2009-08-08 20:08:15] inf3rno dot hu at gmail dot com Description: ------------ For pattern: .* there is an empty match at the end of the string. Reproduce code: --------------- $p1='/.*/'; $p2='/.*$/'; $p3='/^.*/'; $p4='/^.*$/'; $test='some text'; function test($p,$t) { preg_match_all($p,$t,$m,PREG_SET_ORDER); echo $p.'<br />'; if (count($m)==1) echo '<div style="color: green;">ok</div>'; else echo '<div style="color: red;">bug</div>'; echo '<pre>'.var_export($m,true).'</pre>'; echo '<br /><br />'; } test($p1,$test); test($p2,$test); test($p3,$test); test($p4,$test); Expected result: ---------------- I'm expecting one match in the preg_match_all result array, and I will get two instead of one. The second match is empty. Actual result: -------------- /.*/ bug array ( 0 => array ( 0 => 'some text', ), 1 => array ( 0 => '', ), ) /.*$/ bug array ( 0 => array ( 0 => 'some text', ), 1 => array ( 0 => '', ), ) /^.*/ ok array ( 0 => array ( 0 => 'some text', ), ) /^.*$/ ok array ( 0 => array ( 0 => 'some text', ), ) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=49198&edit=1