ID:               36765
 Updated by:       [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Reported By:      gmarik at gmail dot com
-Status:           Open
+Status:           Bogus
 Bug Type:         *Regular Expressions
 Operating System: win xp
 PHP Version:      5.1.2
 New Comment:

PHP pcre_*() functions are just wrappers for PCRELib functionality. If
PCRELib fails to compile an expression - there is nothing we can do
about it.


Previous Comments:
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[2006-03-16 23:15:23] gmarik at gmail dot com

Description:
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Fails to compile pattern.
Workaround:
put laziness switch  `?` right after `+` quantifier:
...
 +?           # 1 or more times as short as possible(lazy matching)  
...

Reproduce code:
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//fetch image URLs
$pattern = '~
<           # open tag
  img         # name
  \s          # whitespace 
  +           # 1 or more times
  src=        # image source attribute equals
  "         # open quote
  (           # begin group capture 
    [^"]        # URL: everything up to quote
    +           # 1 or more times
    ?           # as short as possible(lazy matching)    
  )           # end group capture
  "         # close quote 
  [^>]        # any except >
  *           # 0 or more times 
>           # close tag
~xi'; //omit whitespaces, case insensitive
preg_match_all($pattern, '<img src="test"/>', $matches);
echo $matches[1];

Expected result:
----------------
test

Actual result:
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PHP Warning:  preg_match_all(): Compilation failed: nothing to repeat
at offset [...stripped]


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