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Request #38876 i do not see the flag for this
Submitted: 2006-09-19 03:09 UTC Modified: 2006-09-19 21:01 UTC
From: itunes66 at gmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Feature/Change Request
PHP Version: 5.1.6 OS: Linux
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2006-09-19 03:09 UTC] itunes66 at gmail dot com 
Description:
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if possible add a constant to make preg_match_all return a 
number of how many matches there were e.g. PREG_COUNT, 
PREG_COUNT_MATCHES, or something like that it would be very 
useful and alot eaisier than running a while loop over the 
code and incrementing variables in the loop

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 [2006-09-19 07:14 UTC] derick@php.net 
It already does this, see the documentation at: http://uk.php.net/preg_match_all
 [2006-09-19 17:53 UTC] itunes66 at gmail dot com 
i do not see where it returns the complete number of results 
matched, could you point this out to me
 [2006-09-19 17:59 UTC] derick@php.net 
It's simply the return value of the function.. .it's in the manual so please read it once more.
 [2006-09-19 18:15 UTC] itunes66 at gmail dot com 
oh, i see its kinda out of place i think the text "Returns the 
number of full pattern matches (which might be zero), or FALSE 
if an error occurred." should be in bold or a note or 
itacilised to make it more noticable :), thank you
 [2006-09-19 21:01 UTC] derick@php.net 
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