From: madsen at sjovedyr dot dk
Operating system: Debian Linux (Woody) Unstable
PHP version: 4.3.2
PHP Bug Type: Regexps related
Bug description: Match on '[' and ']' fails.
Description:
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Attempting to use ereg() for matching the date from an Apache error_log
fails, when using the pattern:
"^\[([^\]]*)\]"
Intention of the pattern explained (in case I just can't see the error in
it):
^\[ - Require first char in string to be a litteral '['.
([^\]]*) - Match any number of chars that is NOT ']'.
\] - Match a litteral ']'
When using this pattern in ereg(), like: ereg("^\[([^\]]*)\]", $string,
$regs);
$regs has returned empty, when printed by a print_r();
But then if I use "^\[(.*)\]" as my pattern, I get something in $regs, not
the right match, since it then runs in 'greedy mode', and catches what's
between *(* and *)*:
[*(*Aug 25 2002 14:53:32] [error] [client: 88.99.111.222*)*] ...
It's really confusing me...
If this is not a bug I apologise, but I think I have taken every form of
action required before reporting this as a bug.
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Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24242&r=alreadyfixed
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Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24242&r=notwrong
Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24242&r=notenoughinfo
Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24242&r=submittedtwice
register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24242&r=globals
PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24242&r=php3
Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24242&r=dst
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