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[2016-07-28 10:04 UTC] cmb@php.net
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[2016-07-28 10:04 UTC] cmb@php.net
[2016-07-28 11:34 UTC] cmb@php.net
[2016-07-28 11:34 UTC] cmb@php.net
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Description: ------------ when provided a pattern that produces a zero-width match (empty string), mb_ereg_search raises: `Warning: mb_ereg_search(): Empty regular expression`. First the warning is misleading, since it should not warn about an 'empty regular expression', but about a 'zero-width match'. More importantly this behavior is incorrect. A zero-width result is a perfectly valid match, and should never raise a warning. For example, matching the pattern '\A' at position zero should succeed without a warning, and the resulting position should be zero. Matching pattern '\s*' against the subject 'foo' at position 1 should succeed without a warning and the resulting position should be 1. Test script: --------------- <?php $str = 'foo'; mb_ereg_search_init($str); mb_ereg_search('\A'); var_dump(mb_ereg_search_getpos()); var_dump(mb_ereg_search_getregs()); mb_ereg_search('\s*'); var_dump(mb_ereg_search_getpos()); var_dump(mb_ereg_search_getregs()); mb_ereg_search('\w+'); var_dump(mb_ereg_search_getpos()); var_dump(mb_ereg_search_getregs()); mb_ereg_search('\Z'); var_dump(mb_ereg_search_getpos()); var_dump(mb_ereg_search_getregs()); Expected result: ---------------- int(0) array(1) { [0]=> string(0) "" } int(0) array(1) { [0]=> string(0) "" } int(3) array(1) { [0]=> string(0) "foo" } int(3) array(1) { [0]=> string(0) "" } Actual result: -------------- Warning: mb_ereg_search(): Empty regular expression in ... int(1) array(1) { [0]=> string(0) "" } Warning: mb_ereg_search(): Empty regular expression in ... int(2) array(1) { [0]=> string(0) "" } int(3) array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "o" } Warning: mb_ereg_search(): Empty regular expression in ... int(4) array(1) { [0]=> string(0) "" }