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Bug #23662 ereg_replace doesn't follow specs
Submitted: 2003-05-16 13:25 UTC Modified: 2003-05-16 14:36 UTC
From: jesse at eonstreet dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Scripting Engine problem
PHP Version: 4.3.1 OS: XP
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2003-05-16 13:25 UTC] jesse at eonstreet dot com 
These lines of code seem to be invalid:

$text = "tes test tester";

$text = ereg_replace("^tes$","",$text);

echo $text;
// ouptu is | tes test tester |

I've test this with every possible combination of acceptable ereg associations and nothing... I've stopped using ereg and only now use preg functions.

Can anyone explain why this does work?

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 [2003-05-16 14:36 UTC] derick@php.net 
Sorry, but 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 as this bug system is not the
appropriate forum for asking support questions. 

Thank you for your interest in PHP.

^ means beginning of sentence
$ means end of sentence

you were only matching the exact string \"tes\" here.
 
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