Bug #80569 [NEW]: preg_match no empty (null or "") values in matches

From: shardlow dot a at gmail dot com Operating system: OSX Catalina PHP version: 7.4.13 Package: *Regular Expressions Bug Type: Bug Bug description:preg_match no empty (null or "") values in matches Description: ------------ --- From manual page: https://php.net/function.preg-match --- Test script: --------------- //print_r($_GET); //$value = '1:2.3'; //$value = '1:2'; $value = '2'; $matches = ''; preg_match('/^(\d{1,2}:)?(\d{1,2})(\.\d{1,2})?$/', $value, $matches); echo '<br>'; echo '<br>'; print_r($matches); echo '<br>'; echo phpversion(); Expected result: ---------------- Array ( [0] => 2 [1] => [2] => 2 [3]=>) 7.3.11 Actual result: -------------- Array ( [0] => 2 [1] => [2] => 2 ) 7.3.11 -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=80569&edit=1 -- Fix committed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=80569&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=80569&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=80569&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=80569&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=80569&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=80569&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=80569&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=80569&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=80569&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=80569&r=globals PHP version support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=80569&r=phptooold Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=80569&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=80569&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=80569&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=80569&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=80569&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=80569&r=mysqlcfg