Req #77819 [NEW]: Proposal

From: hen20-19 at yahoo dot co dot jp Operating system: Windows PHP version: 7.1.27 Package: mbstring related Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description:Proposal Description: ------------ I propose revival of handling ability of illegal byte sequences by mb_ereg() functions. After PHP 7.1, mb_ereg() functions reject illegal byte sequences. I think it's admirably fine for beginners with checking function of input strings, but for me, with mb_ereg(), I had been handling illegal byte sequences as easy-made cipher, eg. UTF-8 with inappropriate BOM, which easily prevent careless beginners from unintentional changing of file contents with such as MS-Excel. mb_ereg() functions enable us to create and deal with original file formats only for us. But the functions gone. I strongly long for the functions come back. Perhaps with a new option. -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=77819&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77819&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77819&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77819&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77819&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77819&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77819&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77819&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77819&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77819&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77819&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77819&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77819&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77819&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77819&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77819&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77819&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77819&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77819&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77819&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77819&r=mysqlcfg