ID: 24242
User updated by: madsen at sjovedyr dot dk
Reported By: madsen at sjovedyr dot dk
-Status: Open
+Status: Bogus
Bug Type: Regexps related
Operating System: Debian Linux (Woody) Unstable
PHP Version: 4.3.2
New Comment:
Found the solution...
Appearantly '[' and ']' doesn't need to be escaped (inconsistency?),
but they have to be the first characters in the list of matches....
Previous Comments:
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[2003-06-18 06:05:43] madsen at sjovedyr dot dk
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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