#48196 [Opn]: Reproducible bug in string concatenation after calling preg_match_all

ID: 48196 User updated by: saulo_gil at argentina dot com -Summary: bug in string concatenation after calling preg_match_all() Reported By: saulo_gil at argentina dot com Status: Open Bug Type: PCRE related Operating System: Windows XP PHP Version: 5.3.0RC2 New Comment: Forgot to mention one thing, I've tried to reproduce this bug using the PHP CLI, calling this script with php.exe -q <script.php> I've just reproduced it again on a freshly installed XP box. Same happened with PHP 5.2.9-2. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2009-05-08 23:26:18] felipe@php.net I can't reproduce it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2009-05-08 20:33:55] saulo_gil at argentina dot com Description: ------------ If I try to perform a simple concatenation involving a variable created from the matches output of preg_match_all() the resulting string is borked. Please see the code above. What I want to do: echo "[" . $var . "]"; Reproduce code: --------------- <? function foo($s) { preg_match_all("/PROCEDURE (.*)/i", $s, $matches); $name = (string) $matches[1][0]; echo $name . "\n"; return "[" . $name . "]"; } $s = "use providers go ALTER PROCEDURE SPD_EXECUTIVE_PROVIDER_DEALER ( @EXECUTIVE_PROVIDER_ID KEY_ID, @USER_SESSION_ID ID ) /* Procedimiento : SPD_EXECUTIVE_PROVIDER_DEALER"; echo foo($s); ?> Expected result: ---------------- [SPD_EXECUTIVE_PROVIDER_DEALER] Actual result: -------------- ]SPD_EXECUTIVE_PROVIDER_DEALER ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=48196&edit=1