Bug #54240 [Opn->Nab]: mb_ereg_search_getpos() counts umlauts twice

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=54240&edit=1 ID: 54240 Updated by: patrickallaert@php.net Reported by: phpbug at ymail dot com Summary: mb_ereg_search_getpos() counts umlauts twice -Status: Open +Status: Not a bug Type: Bug Package: Regexps related PHP Version: 5.2.17 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php As mentioned in the documentation: "The position is represented by bytes from the head of string." and as such this is the expected behavior. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2011-03-13 08:33:55] phpbug at ymail dot com Description: ------------ mb_ereg_search_getpos() seems to count German umlauts twice. See test script. Test script: --------------- mb_regex_encoding('UTF-8'); $test1 = "ab"; $test2 = "ääb"; $test3 = "äääb"; mb_ereg_search_init($test1, "b"); mb_ereg_search(); echo "Test1: " . mb_ereg_search_getpos(); // Result: 2 mb_ereg_search_init($test2, "b"); mb_ereg_search(); echo "Test2: " . mb_ereg_search_getpos(); // Result: 5 (should be "3") mb_ereg_search_init($test3, "b"); mb_ereg_search(); echo "Test3: " . mb_ereg_search_getpos(); // Result: 7 (should be "4") ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=54240&edit=1