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Bug #49673 preg_match_all returns false when third arument is omitted
Submitted: 2009-09-25 19:22 UTC Modified: 2009-09-26 11:52 UTC
Votes:1
Avg. Score:5.0 ± 0.0
Reproduced:1 of 1 (100.0%)
Same Version:1 (100.0%)
Same OS:1 (100.0%)
From: mfthemon at gmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: PCRE related
PHP Version: 5.3.0 OS: win2k7server
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2009-09-25 19:22 UTC] mfthemon at gmail dot com 
Description:
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preg_match_all doesn't return matches count when the third argument is 
omitted.


Reproduce code:
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var_dump(preg_match_all('/b\([\w\W]*?\)/', 'b(2)b(4)b(5)b(8)b(2)b(18)'));

Expected result:
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int(6)

Actual result:
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bool(false)

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 [2009-09-25 21:49 UTC] jani@php.net 
RTFM: "Returns the number of full pattern matches (which might be zero), 
or FALSE if an error occurred."

And might the error perhaps be that the 3rd parameter is NOT optional? 
:)
 [2009-09-26 11:52 UTC] mfthemon at gmail dot com 
oh, my bad.)
 
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