#42543 [Opn->Bgs]: PHP 5.2.3 and 5.2.4 preg_match will fail to match strings exceeding 480 chars

ID: 42543 Updated by: johannes@php.net Reported By: laurent at 2mx dot fr -Status: Open +Status: Bogus Bug Type: PCRE related Operating System: Debian 4.0 etch PHP Version: 5.2.4 New Comment: Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php Please check preg_last_error() Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2007-09-04 14:07:46] laurent at 2mx dot fr Description: ------------ PHP 5.2.3 and 5.2.4 preg_match will fail to match strings exceeding 480 chars while it is working correctly with php 5.2.0 I'm using the bundled PCRE library I have change the pcre.backtrack_limit but it didn't fix the problem This is the same behavior with preg_replace_callback: the call back function doesn't get called. Reproduce code: --------------- <?php $regex = ';^<code(\s[^>]*)?>((?:(?R)|.)*?)\n</code>(\s|$);msi'; $texte = ' <code type="php"> aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa </code> '; echo preg_match($regex, $texte); ?> Expected result: ---------------- preg_match should return 1 Actual result: -------------- preg_match return 0 on php 5.2.4 and 5.2.3 while I'm expecting 1 return 1 on php 5.2.0 -> OK If I remove one char "a" on the last line preg_match return 0 on php 5.2.4 and 5.2.3 -> OK return 1 on php 5.2.0 -> OK ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=42543&edit=1