Bug #18528 Updated: Php crashes upon using eregi_replace

ID: 18528 Updated by: derick@php.net Reported By: flash@daaw.org -Status: Open +Status: Feedback Bug Type: Reproducible crash Operating System: Redhat linux 7.1 (kernel 2.4.18) PHP Version: 4.2.2 Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-07-24 03:45:25] flash@daaw.org forgot! im using apache 1.3.26 with php compiled as DSO. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-07-24 03:44:52] derick@php.net Thank you for this bug report. To properly diagnose the problem, we need a backtrace to see what is happening behind the scenes. To find out how to generate a backtrace, please read http://bugs.php.net/bugs-generating-backtrace.php Once you have generated a backtrace, please submit it to this bug report and change the status back to "Open". Thank you for helping us make PHP better. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-07-24 03:44:03] flash@daaw.org Below you see a snippet of a very basic news script that retrieves news items from a file that is build up like this: <id>:<user>:<date>:<topic>:<bigtext> below is the script that crashes on eregi_replace, as soon as I comment out the eregi_replace line and change $text1 to $text in the line above, the script works. --snip-- $n = getdata("$news"); $var1 = 0; foreach ($n as $a) { $var1++; if ($var1 < 10) { $topic = $a['4']; $date = $a['3']; $user = $a['2']; $text1 = $a['5']; $text = eregi_replace("&;&", ":", $text1); echo "<TABLE bgColor=\"#ffffff\" border=0 cellPadding=0 cellSpacing=0 width=\"100%\"><TR><TD> <TABLE bgColor=\"#cccccc\" border=0 cellPadding=1 cellSpacing=0 width=\"100%\"><TR><TD> <TABLE bgColor=\"#eeeeee\" border=0 cellPadding=3 cellSpacing=0 width=\"100%\"><TR> <TD align=center><FONT class=option color=\"#363636\"> <B> $topic.</B></FONT> By $user - $date</TD></TR> </TABLE></TD></TR></TABLE>$text </TD></TR></TABLE> <br><center><a href=\"#top\">Back to top</a> --snip-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=18528&edit=1