#51148 [Opn->Bgs]: preg_match doesn't work...le't post an example

[rasmus]

 ID:               51148
 Updated by:       ras...@php.net
 Reported By:      fabriziodimeo at alice dot it
-Status:           Open
+Status:           Bogus
 Bug Type:         *Regular Expressions
 Operating System: windows and linux
 PHP Version:      5.3.1
 New Comment:

There is no bug here.  The first example just looks for any character 
anywhere in the string.  You would need to change it to:

$pattern="/^[A-Za-z0-9]$/";

to get the result you want.  Same goes for the second example.  Your 
ereg and preg regular expressions are not the same.  Your preg one is 
not anchored the same way your ereg one is.  Make it the same and you 
get the same results:

if (preg_match("/^[a-zA-Z0-9]+$/",$str))


Previous Comments:
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[2010-02-25 19:14:12] alessandro dot romani at vivanet dot it

I tested the two functions (preg_match and ereg) and this is the
result:

<?php
function test($str)
{
if (preg_match("/[a-zA-Z0-9]+/",$str))
{
echo "it's ok<BR>";
}
else
{
echo "not ok<BR>";
}
}

function test2($str)
{
if (ereg("^[a-zA-Z0-9]+$",$str))
{
echo "it's ok<BR>";
}
else
{
echo "not ok<BR>";
}
}

echo "PREG_MATCH<BR><BR>";

test("iao");
test("$iao");
test("iao!");
test("123!");
test("123");

echo "<BR>";

echo "EREG<BR><BR>";

test2("iao");
test2("$iao");
test2("iao!");
test2("123!");
test2("123");

?>

The result is:

PREG_MATCH

not ok
not ok
not ok
not ok
not ok

EREG

it's ok
not ok
not ok
not ok
it's ok

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[2010-02-25 18:56:50] fabriziodimeo at alice dot it

Description:
------------
preg_match do not match correctly.

Reproduce code:
---------------
<?php
function anti_injection($stringa) {
$pattern="/[A-Za-z0-9]/";
if (preg_match($pattern, $stringa)) {
echo "ok"; } 
                 else {
                 
                 echo "hacking";
                      }
}


$str="c";
anti_injection($str);

$str="ciao!";
anti_injection($str);

?> 

Expected result:
----------------
ok
hacking

Actual result:
--------------
ok
ok


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