The problem is not the PHP C code. It is the regex library.
Brian Moon
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From: "John Lim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2001 10:51 AM
Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] removing ereg functions
> In my mind the problem that Brian raised is that ereg is slow.
> The solution is not to ban eregi but to fix it by performance tuning
> the C code.
>
> Just my 2c worth.
>
> John Lim
>
> Rasmus Lerdorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > > That is why I am asking. Is there a core reason that the ereg
functions
> > > have to be there? I could extend this to other functions as well of
> course.
> > > But this set in particular I have wondered about.
> >
> > 1) There was no PCRE library when I first added regex support to PHP.
> > Henry Spencer's regex library, although not my initial choice, was
> > chosen because that is what came bundled with Apache.
> >
> > 2) The ereg_* functions implement the Posix 1003.2 extended regular
> > expression standard. The same regular expressions found in the
> > Unix command line utils like grep, egrep and fgrep. The preg_*
> > functions support the perverted Perl-style regular expressions.
> >
> > 3) Removing the ereg_* functions would cause a backward compatibility
> > nightmare. Thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of scripts out
> > there would have to be converted.
> >
> > 4) If you are using Apache you already have the library linked in
anyway.
> > Removing PHP support wouldn't save you any "bloat". Not that this
> > "bloat" is at all significant on any modern OS with shared pages.
> >
> > -Rasmus
> >
> >
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