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Bug #39857 Ereg(i) returns irrelevant result
Submitted: 2006-12-17 00:03 UTC Modified: 2006-12-18 00:37 UTC
From: adult at adult-inc dot biz Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Regexps related
PHP Version: 5.2.0 OS: Fedora core 5
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2006-12-17 00:03 UTC] adult at adult-inc dot biz 
Description:
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Ereg and eregi functions returns irrelevant results

Reproduce code:
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if (ereg("[9876543210]{2,6}", "2006-12-17"))
	echo "BUG";
else
	echo "OK";

Expected result:
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OK

Actual result:
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BUG

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 [2006-12-17 18:27 UTC] iliaa@php.net 
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

your regex allow for 2 numbers tom be matched. So it matches 
20 and returns TRUE indicating success.
 [2006-12-18 00:37 UTC] adult at adult-inc dot biz 
Sorry, had a hard work that day :)
That's what i need: ereg("[^0-9$]{2,6}", "2006-12-17")
 
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