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Bug #33200 magic_quotes_sybase switched on breaks the use of /e modifier in preg_replace
Submitted: 2005-05-31 12:36 UTC Modified: 2005-05-31 14:56 UTC
From: astax_t at gorodok dot net Assigned: sniper (profile)
Status: Closed Package: PCRE related
PHP Version: 5.*, 4.* OS: *
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2005-05-31 12:36 UTC] astax_t at gorodok dot net 
Description:
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When magic_quotes_sybase is On, this also affects how apostrophes are escaped in preg_replace with /e modifier. See example.

In example code I specifically included a string with $ inside to point why it's impossible to use double quotes around \\1 in second parameter.

Reproduce code:
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$str = 'some \'$sample\' text';

$str = preg_replace("/(some.*text)/e", "strtoupper('\\1')", $str);

echo $str;

Expected result:
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SOME '$SAMPLE' TEXT

Actual result:
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Parse error: parse error in E:\test\web\a.php(4) : regexp code on line 1

Fatal error: preg_replace(): Failed evaluating code: strtoupper('some ''$sample'' text') in E:\test\web\a.php on line 4

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 [2005-05-31 12:43 UTC] sniper@php.net 
RTFM:

"If magic_quotes_sybase  is also on, a single-quote is escaped with a single-quote instead of a backslash."
 [2005-05-31 12:49 UTC] astax_t at gorodok dot net 
I know how magic_quotes_sybase works, but I state that it should NOT affect /e modifier in regular expressions. The same as magic_quotes_gpc and magic_quotes_runtime doesn't affect this.
 [2005-05-31 12:53 UTC] astax_t at gorodok dot net 
And additionally, it makes impossible to use preg_replace with /e modifier in certain situations. When subject string comes from external source and so can contain some variables, like in my example.

I still insist that it's a bug.

Thank you.
 [2005-05-31 14:13 UTC] sniper@php.net 
I stand corrected, fix coming up..
 [2005-05-31 14:56 UTC] sniper@php.net 
This bug has been fixed in CVS.

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