#49594 [Bgs]: POSIX regex are important

ID: 49594 User updated by: jay at phpcourses dot ca Reported By: jay at phpcourses dot ca Status: Bogus Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Operating System: all PHP Version: 5.3.0 New Comment: then make ereg() work with preg_match() so our code is not garbage when php6 comes out, millions of servers get upgraded, and millions of scripts will no longer function. a mistake unsubscribe unsubscribe unsubscribe unsubscribe unsubscribe unsubscribe Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2009-10-01 21:56:09] pajoye@php.net It won't be available in php6 because ereg does not work with Unicode. Simple. Has PHP6 been released yet? or is it getting anywhere close to be released? No and no. And php 5.x still has many years to live, given that you had already almost a decade to be ready and that you get 5 more years or so using error_reporting.... EOD. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2009-10-01 21:49:09] jay at phpcourses dot ca you first This function has been DEPRECATED as of PHP 5.3.0 and REMOVED as of PHP 6.0.0. Relying on this feature is highly discouraged. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2009-10-01 21:30:13] pajoye@php.net Can you please do your homework prior to post to php.net's bug reports? Using PHP 5.3.0/svn: > php -r "error_reporting(E_ALL); ereg('POSIX');" Deprecated: Function ereg() is deprecated in Command line code on line 1 > php -r "error_reporting(E_ALL ^ E_DEPRECATED); ereg('POSIX', 'foo');" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2009-10-01 21:25:53] jay at phpcourses dot ca nobody answered the original query WHY stop supporting parts of the api all of a sudden? it does NO harm leaving it in, as in ZERO it DOES harm taking it out ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2009-10-01 21:25:03] jay at phpcourses dot ca i can't see, "marked for deprecation" is different than "will no longer be supported in 5.3" i'm helping php avoid big mistakes ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at http://bugs.php.net/49594 -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=49594&edit=1