Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=64251&edit=1
ID: 64251 Updated by: johan...@php.net Reported by: root at microsoft dot com Summary: preg_replace non-obvious behavior -Status: Open +Status: Not a bug Type: Bug Package: Scripting Engine problem Operating System: all PHP Version: 5.4.11 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php My::rand() will be called before calling preg_replace. The function you are looking for is preg_replace_callback. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-02-20 14:30:11] root at microsoft dot com Description: ------------ Behavior of preg_replace is non-obvious, if second argument is function call. Test script: --------------- class My{ function prepare($text){ return preg_replace( '/\{(.+?)\}/', $this->rand(explode('|', '\\1')), $text ); } private function rand(array $values){ return $values[rand(0, sizeof($values)-1)]; } } echo (new My)->prepare('i choose {ps3|games}'); Expected result: ---------------- i choose ps or i choose games Actual result: -------------- i choose ps3|games ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=64251&edit=1
