#43567 [NEW]: Compilation failure when using UTF-8

From: brito_victor at yahoo dot fr Operating system: Windows XP SP2 PHP version: 5.2.5 PHP Bug Type: PCRE related Bug description: Compilation failure when using UTF-8 Description: ------------ In a test script, I call preg_match() function, using the flag u, in order to test an UTF-8 regular expression with hexadecimal characters. Of course, the mbstring extension is loaded and active. Reproduce code: --------------- $mb = function_exists('mb_detect_encoding'); $pregutf8 = preg_match("/\xf8\xa1\xa1\xa1\xa1/u", "\xf8\xa1\xa1\xa1\xa1"); Expected result: ---------------- Returns true for both variables. Actual result: -------------- Returns true for $mb. Returns the following warning message for $pregutf8: "Warning: preg_match() [function.preg-match]: Compilation failed: invalid UTF-8 string at offset 0" -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=43567&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43567&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43567&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43567&r=trysnapshot53 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43567&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43567&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43567&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43567&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43567&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43567&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43567&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43567&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43567&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43567&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43567&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43567&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43567&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43567&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43567&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43567&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43567&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43567&r=mysqlcfg