Bug #71581 [Opn]: wrong behaviour when using "." in expression and newline in subject

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71581&edit=1 ID: 71581 User updated by: kurt at kwnet dot at Reported by: kurt at kwnet dot at Summary: wrong behaviour when using "." in expression and newline in subject Status: Open Type: Bug Package: PCRE related Operating System: linux ubuntu (apache) PHP Version: Irrelevant Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Sorry, Description should be correct: Search for "." (any character)... Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2016-02-13 08:45:07] kurt at kwnet dot at Description: ------------ Search for "," (any character) seems not to include linebreak. => wrong behaviour Test script: --------------- //search without newline: correct behaviour $subject="<tag>Hello World</tag>"; echo "[".preg_match('/<tag>[A-Za-z\\s]*<\\/tag>/',$subject)."]\n"; //[1] echo "[".preg_match('/<tag>[^<]*<\\/tag>/',$subject)."]\n"; //[1] echo "[".preg_match('/<tag>.*<\\/tag>/',$subject)."]\n"; //[1] //search with newline: different behaviour on using "." $subject="<tag>Hello\nWorld</tag>"; echo "[".preg_match('/<tag>[A-Za-z\\s]*<\\/tag>/',$subject)."]\n"; //[1] echo "[".preg_match('/<tag>[^<]*<\\/tag>/',$subject)."]\n"; //[1] echo "[".preg_match('/<tag>.*<\\/tag>/',$subject)."]\n"; //[0] WRONG RESULT ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71581&edit=1