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Bug #17632 ereg doesn't work correctly with (
Submitted: 2002-06-06 15:43 UTC Modified: 2002-06-06 20:19 UTC
From: jesse at erieonline dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Unknown/Other Function
PHP Version: 4.2.1 OS: Freebsd 4.5
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2002-06-06 15:43 UTC] jesse at erieonline dot com 
After doing work using the ereg function, I've discovered that the function doesn't care for '('.  Everytime it is used, php will produce a warning message.  If I remove the '(', the function will work, but as soon as I add it back in, the warnings reapper.

if (ereg("> (", $line)) { 

Warning: REG_EPAREN in /usr/home/grimreapa.com/public_html/emailparse.php on line 5

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 [2002-06-06 15:49 UTC] mfischer@php.net 
Sorry, but the bug system is not the appropriate forum for asking
support questions. Your problem does not imply a bug in PHP itself.
For a list of more appropriate places to ask for help using PHP,
please visit http://www.php.net/support.php

Thank you for your interest in PHP.

How about escaping it with '\' ?
 [2002-06-06 16:15 UTC] jesse at erieonline dot com 
Using the '\(' didn't work either, but I worked around the problem using a different method.
 [2002-06-06 20:19 UTC] torben@php.net 
Please read the docs on escapes in strings, and on regular
expression syntax--it'll explain why your code didn't work.

  http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.types.string.php
  http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.regex.php


Hope this helps,

Torben
 
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