#50720 [NEW]: Named subpatterns are not working with the syntax ?<name> or ?'name', only wor

From: andrew at coolboxcreative dot com Operating system: Linux PHP version: 5.2.12 PHP Bug Type: Regexps related Bug description: Named subpatterns are not working with the syntax ?<name> or ?'name', only wor Description: ------------ Named subpatterns are not working with the syntax ?<name> or ?'name', only working with ?P<name> The newer syntax's work with version 5.2.9-2 (on windows) and 5.2.11 (linux), but not version 5.2.12 (red hat) Reproduce code: --------------- http://www.coolboxcreative.com/demo/php_bug/source.txt Expected result: ---------------- id = classes = test_class id = div_two classes = another_class Actual result: -------------- nothing outputted nb. in the application I am using this in I get the following error: Compilation failed: unrecognized character after (?< at offset 7' in .... -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=50720&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50720&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50720&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50720&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50720&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50720&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50720&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50720&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50720&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50720&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50720&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50720&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50720&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50720&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50720&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50720&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50720&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50720&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50720&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50720&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50720&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50720&r=mysqlcfg