Bug #61323 [Com]: regexp option missing for filter_var function

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=61323&edit=1 ID: 61323 Comment by: tomp at tomp dot co dot uk Reported by: tomp at tomp dot co dot uk Summary: regexp option missing for filter_var function Status: Open Type: Bug Package: Filter related Operating System: Centos 5.7 PHP Version: 5.4.0 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Hi, Thanks for this, I basically completely misunderstood what this function was supposed to do. I thought it validated a regex string (i.e was it a valid regex), not that it validated an input string matched a particular regex. Whoops! Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-03-08 00:10:46] me at ktamura dot com This is not a bug. Your function invocation is incorrect. I believe what you meant is $var = filter_var($string_to_filter, FILTER_VALIDATE_REGEXP, array('options' => array('regexp' => '/^something$/'))); c.f. http://us.php.net/manual/en/function.filter-var.php ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-03-07 22:33:24] tomp at tomp dot co dot uk Description: ------------ The regexp option is missing when using filter_var function in PHP 5.4, but was present using the same SPEC file build process when using PHP 5.3. Test script: --------------- $var = filter_var('/^something$/', FILTER_VALIDATE_REGEXP); Expected result: ---------------- /^something$/ Actual result: -------------- Warning: filter_var(): 'regexp' option missing in php shell code on line 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=61323&edit=1