Bug #51892 [Opn->Bgs]: preg_match_all forces the use of a $matches variable

Edit report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=51892&edit=1 ID: 51892 Updated by: degeberg@php.net Reported by: hugo at ankarloo dot nu Summary: preg_match_all forces the use of a $matches variable -Status: Open +Status: Bogus Type: Bug Package: *General Issues Operating System: Linux PHP Version: 5.2.13 New Comment: Sorry, but your problem does not imply a bug in PHP itself. For a list of more appropriate places to ask for help using PHP, please visit http://www.php.net/support.php as this bug system is not the appropriate forum for asking support questions. Due to the volume of reports we can not explain in detail here why your report is not a bug. The support channels will be able to provide an explanation for you. Thank you for your interest in PHP. Use preg_match(). http://php.net/preg_match Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-05-23 17:42:34] hugo at ankarloo dot nu Description: ------------ If you use preg_match_all and are only interested in the return value (i.e. you are not interested in the data stored in $matches) you are still forced to declare a variable for $matches. I'm not sure if this is a bug in preg_match_all or in php's passed_by_reference. My first thought was to pipe $matches to a php-equivalent of /dev/null, but something like that doesn't exist to my knowledge. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=51892&edit=1