From:             [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Operating system: Linux
PHP version:      4.3.0
PHP Bug Type:     *Regular Expressions
Bug description:  preg_match regexps not greedy by default

Perl regexps are greedy by default.  \d+ will get all decimals possible
(\d+? will only find one - it's lazy).  It seems preg_match is not greedy
by default.

code:
preg_match("/^\w+(\d+)$/", $change_link, $change_id);
print("My ID is $change_id[1]<BR>");

when passed: "edit11"
change_id[1] is equal to "1".  It should be equal to "11" especially when
my regexp is looking for the end of the line ($) after it!
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Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=21422&edit=1
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Try a CVS snapshot:         http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=21422&r=trysnapshot
Fixed in CVS:               http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=21422&r=fixedcvs
Fixed in release:           http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=21422&r=alreadyfixed
Need backtrace:             http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=21422&r=needtrace
Try newer version:          http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=21422&r=oldversion
Not developer issue:        http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=21422&r=support
Expected behavior:          http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=21422&r=notwrong
Not enough info:            http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=21422&r=notenoughinfo
Submitted twice:            http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=21422&r=submittedtwice
register_globals:           http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=21422&r=globals
PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=21422&r=php3
Daylight Savings:           http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=21422&r=dst
IIS Stability:              http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=21422&r=isapi
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