Bug #69309 [Opn->Nab]: preg_replace return NULL on certain string

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=69309&edit=1 ID: 69309 Updated by: cmb@php.net Reported by: dodothedreamer at gmail dot com Summary: preg_replace return NULL on certain string -Status: Open +Status: Not a bug Type: Bug Package: *Regular Expressions Operating System: Ubuntu PHP Version: 5.4.39 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 > preg_last_error() return 2. That is PREG_BACKTRACK_LIMIT_ERROR. Increasing pcre.backtrack_limit to 10,000,000 is sufficient to process the provided test script. However, I suggest you simplify the regex in combination with preg_replace_callback(). Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2015-03-26 14:21:40] dodothedreamer at gmail dot com Description: ------------ I saw this bug on PHP version 5.4.32 and also on 5.5.9-1ubuntu4.7 When you enter a certain string ( see the test script) to preg_replace, it returns NULL. Some small changes in the string don't cause this error, for example if you delete one of the "a" characters from the end, then the bug doesn't happen. preg_last_error() return 2. Increasing pcre.backtrack_limit and pcre.recursion_limit does not help ( the regex engine seems to get stuck in a loop for a long time ) Test script: --------------- $returnValue = preg_replace('#\\<figure +.*?\\>\\<img +(.+?)/\\>.*?\\<figcaption\\>\\<a href="(.+?)".*?\\>(.*?)\\</a\\>\\</figcaption\\>.*?\\</figure\\>#s', '<figure class="caption"><a href="$2"><img $1/></a> <figcaption><a href="$2">$3</a></figcaption> </figure>', '<figure class="caption" style="float:left"><img alt="מתכון לקניידלך טבעוני מהבלוג לא על החסה לבדה " onmouseup="this.src="graphic/img1530.jpg"" src="img1530.jpg" /> <figcaption><a href="http://tivonim-blog.co.il/%D7%A7%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%99%D7%93%D7%9C%D7%9A-%D7%98%D7%91%D7%A2%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%99-%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A9%D7%9C%D7%9D-%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%A7/">מתכון לקניידלך טבעוני </a>מהבלוג "לא על החסה לבדה" </figcaption> </figure> <p>מנות ראשונות, סלטים ותוספות:</p> <p><strong style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="art160.html">סלט פלפלים קלויים</a></strong></p> <p><strong style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="art161.html">סלט חסה, סלרי ואגוזי מלך</a></strong></p> <p><strong style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="art162.html">סלט סלק</a></strong></p> <p><strong style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="art198.html">אספרגוס בשזיפים ושקדים</a></strong></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">מרקים:</span></p> <p><strong style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://veg.anonymous.org.il/art283.html">מרק קיינדלך</a></strong></p> <p><strong style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="art178.html">מרק בצל</a></strong></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">מנות עיקריות:</span></p> <p><strong style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://veg.anonymous.org.il/art552.html">תחתיות ארטישוק ממולאות קינואה</a></strong></p> <p><strong style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://veg.anonymous.org.il/art627.html">פטריות ממולאות בקרם אגוזים</a></strong></p> <p><a href="http://veg.anonymous.org.il/art347.html" style="font-size: 10pt;"><b>קינואה בעשבי תיבול</b></a></p> <p><strong style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="art229.html">תפוח-אדמה מוקרם בחלב קוקוס ותרד</a></strong></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">קינוחים:</span></p> aaaaaaaaaa '); ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=69309&edit=1