#38876 [NEW]: if possible add a contant to preg_match_all so it returns the number of matches

From: itunes66 at gmail dot com Operating system: Linux PHP version: 5.1.6 PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description: if possible add a contant to preg_match_all so it returns the number of matches Description: ------------ if possible add a constant to make preg_match_all return a number of how many matches there were e.g. PREG_COUNT, PREG_COUNT_MATCHES, or something like that it would be very useful and alot eaisier than running a while loop over the code and incrementing variables in the loop Reproduce code: --------------- none Actual result: -------------- none -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=38876&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38876&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38876&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38876&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38876&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38876&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38876&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38876&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38876&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38876&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38876&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38876&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38876&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38876&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38876&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38876&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38876&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38876&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38876&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38876&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=38876&r=mysqlcfg