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Bug #61323 regexp option missing for filter_var function
Submitted: 2012-03-07 22:33 UTC Modified: 2012-03-08 02:47 UTC
From: tomp at tomp dot co dot uk Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Filter related
PHP Version: 5.4.0 OS: Centos 5.7
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
 [2012-03-07 22:33 UTC] tomp at tomp dot co dot uk
Description:
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The regexp option is missing when using filter_var function in PHP 5.4, but was present using the same SPEC file build process when using PHP 5.3.

Test script:
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$var = filter_var('/^something$/', FILTER_VALIDATE_REGEXP);

Expected result:
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/^something$/

Actual result:
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Warning: filter_var(): 'regexp' option missing in php shell code on line 1

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 [2012-03-08 00:10 UTC] me at ktamura dot com
This is not a bug. Your function invocation is incorrect. I believe what you meant is

$var = filter_var($string_to_filter, FILTER_VALIDATE_REGEXP, array('options' => array('regexp' => '/^something$/')));

c.f. http://us.php.net/manual/en/function.filter-var.php
 [2012-03-08 00:17 UTC] tomp at tomp dot co dot uk
Hi,

Thanks for this, I basically completely misunderstood what this function was supposed to do. I thought it validated a regex string (i.e was it a valid regex), not that it validated an input string matched a particular regex.

Whoops!
 [2012-03-08 02:47 UTC] iliaa@php.net
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 [2012-03-08 02:47 UTC] iliaa@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Not a bug
 
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