Description:
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PCRE (Perl Compatible Regular Expression library) Version 6.7 04-Jul-06 seems to have a bug. This version is included in PHP 5.2 and PHP 6. Consequently preg_match() function in PHP seems to inherit the bug. The main issue is summarized as follows.

    * case1 ^(/([a-z]*))*$ matches //abcde
    * case2 ^(/(?:[a-z]*))*$ doesn't match //abcde
    * case3 ^(/([a-z]*))*$ matches /a/abcde
    * case4 ^(/(?:[a-z]*))*$ matches /a/abcde 

The second regex should match. Not only PHP 5 but also PHP 6 CVS snapshot still includes PCRE version 6.7 04-Jul-06. So, I report the issue.

The complete report and examination results are in
http://geeklog.windy.cx/article.php/20070122224722545

Reproduce code:
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preg_match("@^(/(?:[a-z]*))*$@", "//abcde", &$m);
var_dump($m);

Expected result:
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array(2) {
  [0]=>
  string(7) "//abcde"
  [1]=>
  string(6) "/abcde"
}


Actual result:
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array(0) {
}