PHP :: Bug #1696 :: ereg function crashes php if first arg is empty

Bug #1696	ereg function crashes php if first arg is empty
Submitted:	1999-07-12 13:40 UTC	Modified:	1999-11-28 17:45 UTC
From:	danbeck at mtginfo dot com	Assigned:
Status:	Closed	Package:	Reproducible Crash
PHP Version:	3.0 Latest CVS (12/07/1999)	OS:	Linux 2.0.36 (RedHat 5.2)
Private report:	No	CVE-ID:	None

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[1999-07-12 13:40 UTC] danbeck at mtginfo dot com

This snippit of code:

$arg1 = "";
$arg2 = "TEST";
if (ereg($arg1, $arg2, $results)):
   echo "CRASH!";
endif;

causes php to stop execution (crash).  This only happens if the first argument does not contain anything.  No data is sent to the browser...

This is reproducable every time.

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[1999-11-28 17:45 UTC] rasmus at cvs dot php dot net

Fixed a while ago.

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