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Bug #50835 Unexpected PREG_BACKTRACK_LIMIT_ERROR
Submitted: 2010-01-25 15:54 UTC Modified: 2010-01-25 15:58 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: analogue at glop dot org Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: PCRE related
PHP Version: 5.2.12 OS: Debian GNU/Linux
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2010-01-25 15:54 UTC] analogue at glop dot org 
Description:
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Hi,

When I try to preg_replace a 2654 long string, I get a PREG_BACKTRACK_LIMIT_ERROR

It's strange because as shown, the PHP pcre.backtrack_limit is set as the default 100000 limit.

Why does it hits the limit with a short string like this ?

Thanks

Reproduce code:
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<http://pastebin.com/fa42d78d>

Expected result:
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100000
2653
2653


Actual result:
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100000
2653
Error: PREG_BACKTRACK_LIMIT_ERROR

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