#49673 [Bgs]: preg_match_all returns false when third arument is omitted

ID: 49673 User updated by: mfthemon at gmail dot com Reported By: mfthemon at gmail dot com Status: Bogus Bug Type: PCRE related Operating System: win2k7server PHP Version: 5.3.0 New Comment: oh, my bad.) Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2009-09-25 21:49:33] jani@php.net RTFM: "Returns the number of full pattern matches (which might be zero), or FALSE if an error occurred." And might the error perhaps be that the 3rd parameter is NOT optional? :) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2009-09-25 19:22:46] mfthemon at gmail dot com Description: ------------ preg_match_all doesn't return matches count when the third argument is omitted. Reproduce code: --------------- var_dump(preg_match_all('/b\([\w\W]*?\)/', 'b(2)b(4)b(5)b(8)b(2)b(18)')); Expected result: ---------------- int(6) Actual result: -------------- bool(false) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=49673&edit=1