Req #53238 [Opn->Asn]: Make third parameter of preg_match_all optional

Edit report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=53238&edit=1 ID: 53238 Updated by: aharvey@php.net Reported by: giovanni at giacobbi dot net Summary: Make third parameter of preg_match_all optional -Status: Open +Status: Assigned Type: Feature/Change Request Package: PCRE related Operating System: any PHP Version: 5.3.3 -Assigned To: +Assigned To: aharvey Block user comment: N Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-11-03 19:32:23] giovanni at giacobbi dot net Description: ------------ I had to count the time a regular expression is in a string, and the correct way to do this is with the return value of preg_match_all() because preg_match() will always return either 0 or 1. The problem is that preg_match_all() enforces the third parameter. My request is to align the prototype of preg_match_all() to the one of preg_match(), i.e. making the third parameter optional. Test script: --------------- $cnt = preg_match_all('/<br\s*\/?>/i', "this<br/>my<br>text"); var_dump($cnt); Expected result: ---------------- int(2) Actual result: -------------- Warning: preg_match_all() expects at least 3 parameters, 2 given in - on line 2 bool(false) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=53238&edit=1