ereg is crashing apache when the variable data begins with a ".".  There are probably better ways to do this, but , it does work with ALL previous versions tested. Not able to get a core dump or backtrace.

Soalris 7 x86 on PII 400
Apache 1.3.9 with PHP as DSO

./configure --with-apxs=/opt/apache/bin/apxs --with-config-file-path=/opt/apache/conf  --without-gd --with-yp --with-ldap=/opt

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<html>
<head><title>Ereg Test</title></head>
<body>
<?
$testvar=".bunk variable data";

if ( !ereg( "^\.+", $testvar) ) {
	echo "<h2>Testvar passed regex</h2>\n";
}
?>
</body>
</html>