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Bug #75539 Recursive call errors are not reported by preg_last_error()
Submitted: 2017-11-20 00:47 UTC Modified: -
Votes:2
Avg. Score:4.5 ± 0.5
Reproduced:2 of 2 (100.0%)
Same Version:0 (0.0%)
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From: grzegorz129 at gmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: PCRE related
PHP Version: 7.2.0RC6 OS: N/A
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2017-11-20 00:47 UTC] grzegorz129 at gmail dot com 
Description:
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I found a strange (yet consistent across since 5.6) regarding infinite loop patterns error reporting. preg_match() correctly identifies broken patterns and triggers E_WARN, however preg_last_error() returns PREG_NO_ERROR instead of expected PREG_RECURSION_LIMIT_ERROR.

It may be related to https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=74183

Test script:
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<?php
// Test at https://3v4l.org/UkeMa

var_dump(preg_match('/((?1)?z)/', ''));
var_dump(preg_last_error() === \PREG_NO_ERROR);

Expected result:
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- preg_match() returning false
- preg_last_error() returning value of PREG_RECURSION_LIMIT_ERROR

Actual result:
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- preg_match() returns false
- preg_last_error() returns value of PREG_NO_ERROR

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 [2017-11-21 11:45 UTC] andrew dot nester dot dev at gmail dot com 
Thanks for reporting this issue! I've just added PR fixing this
 [2017-11-21 19:28 UTC] ab@php.net 
Automatic comment on behalf of andrew.nester.dev@gmail.com
Revision: http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commit;h=8fdef981ef940dfc2f1b21cfa3f227150472ad2d
Log: Fixed #75539 and #74183 - preg_last_error not returning error code after error
 [2017-11-21 19:28 UTC] ab@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Closed
 
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