Bug #51413 [Wfx]: ereg() no longer works as in earlier versions

Edit report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=51413&edit=1 ID: 51413 Updated by: rasmus@php.net Reported by: rprangnell at gmail dot com Summary: ereg() no longer works as in earlier versions Status: Wont fix Type: Bug Package: Program Execution Operating System: Windows XP PHP Version: 5.3.2 New Comment: It is not for no apparent reason. It is because they upgraded without reading the UPGRADING documentation. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-03-27 17:52:30] rprangnell at gmail dot com I can well appreciate why this bug is not going to be fixed - after all, the ereg() function is now officially deprecated and should be replaced by the preg_match() function. However, there must be many applications out there that are still using ereg() and which will therefore suddenly break for no apparent reason whenever the companies hosting such applications upgrade to later versions of PHP. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-03-27 17:14:48] rasmus@php.net Probably part of bringing everything under the same parameter handling code. This will have to be fixed in your application. And they really shouldn't be using ereg() anymore anyway. It is slower and doesn't support Unicode at all. All ereg() calls should be replaced with preg_match() calls. You will notice that the call will also throw an E_DEPRECATED warning in 5.3 letting you know you should be replacing those calls. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-03-27 17:03:16] rprangnell at gmail dot com Description: ------------ PHP scripts that use the ereg() function and which worked properly in earlier versions may no longer work because of a change in the way ereg() deals with function arguments. Namely, ereg() now seems to check the "expected argument" type and throws an error if the argument is of a different type. I came across this bug on a brand new, clean install of Drupal 6.3 with the Ubercart ecommerce package. With PHP 5.3 running, certain images would not display and multiple warning messages would pop up, each of them detailing the culprit as ereg(). Simply by changing the running PHP version to 5.2.11 cured all problems. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=51413&edit=1