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Bug #1696 ereg function crashes php if first arg is empty
Submitted: 1999-07-12 13:40 UTC Modified: 1999-11-28 17:45 UTC
From: danbeck at mtginfo dot com Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: Reproducible Crash
PHP Version: 3.0 Latest CVS (12/07/1999) OS: Linux 2.0.36 (RedHat 5.2)
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [1999-07-12 13:40 UTC] danbeck at mtginfo dot com 
This snippit of code:

$arg1 = "";
$arg2 = "TEST";
if (ereg($arg1, $arg2, $results)):
   echo "CRASH!";
endif;

causes php to stop execution (crash).  This only happens if the first argument does not contain anything.  No data is sent to the browser...

This is reproducable every time.

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 [1999-11-28 17:45 UTC] rasmus at cvs dot php dot net 
Fixed a while ago.
 
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