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Doc Bug #44753 PCRE syntax doc page lacks important information
Submitted: 2008-04-17 08:44 UTC Modified: 2008-05-02 22:10 UTC
From: mathieu_microsystem at live dot fr Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: Documentation problem
PHP Version: Irrelevant OS: Irrelevant
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2008-04-17 08:44 UTC] mathieu_microsystem at live dot fr 
Description:
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In the following page:
http://php.net/manual/en/regexp.reference.php

Nowhere it is indicated that:

"The expression should be enclosed in the delimiters, a forward slash (/), for example."

(which comes from the intro http://php.net/manual/en/intro.pcre.php ).

It is important that this information is restated early on the reference since PRCE regexps are NOT working without such delimiters. Also, "should" should be replaced by "must" in the sentence above, in both files.

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 [2008-05-02 22:10 UTC] fa@php.net 
As you said, it's already on http://www.php.net/manual/en/intro.pcre.php.

I'll fix the should -> must though.

Thanks for reporting.
 
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