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Request #68529 Prevent double results when using named capture groups
Submitted: 2014-11-30 21:03 UTC Modified: 2016-08-20 10:28 UTC
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 [2014-11-30 21:03 UTC] gooh@php.net
Description:
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When using preg_match_all with named capture groups, the result array will contain one entry with a numeric key in addition to one entry with the name of the group. Assuming I put the named capture group there on purpose, there is no reason why I would need the numeric index. It only bloats the result array.

As a user I would like to have an option that returns the results without the superfluous numeric index. 

Test script:
---------------
<?php

preg_match_all(
    '/This message contains (?<items>[\d]+) items/',
    'This message contains 42 items',
    $matches
);
print_r($matches);

Expected result:
----------------
Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [0] => This message contains 42 items
        )

    [items] => Array
        (
            [0] => 42
        )
)

Actual result:
--------------
Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [0] => This message contains 42 items
        )

    [items] => Array
        (
            [0] => 42
        )

    [1] => Array
        (
            [0] => 42
        )
)

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 [2015-05-17 06:06 UTC] danielklein at airpost dot net
I was just about to post the same thing! I would want a flag to pass in to preg_match() and preg_match_all(), something like PREG_PREFER_NAMED_CAPTURES.
 [2016-08-20 10:28 UTC] cmb@php.net
-Package: *Regular Expressions +Package: PCRE related
 
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