#20698 [NEW]: preg_match_all causes php to fail with "unknow software exception"

From: thingol@mail.ru Operating system: Win32 PHP version: 4.2.3 PHP Bug Type: PCRE related Bug description: preg_match_all causes php to fail with "unknow software exception" If the text for preg_match_all is bigger than some value, many regexp constructions causes php to terminate. This code crashes php (on win32 only): <? $thi = str_repeat("aaaaaaa a aa aa aa\n", 1000); preg_match_all("/(.|\n)*/",$thi,$vars); ?> -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=20698&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=20698&r=trysnapshot Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=20698&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=20698&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=20698&r=needtrace Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=20698&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=20698&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=20698&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=20698&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=20698&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=20698&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=20698&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=20698&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=20698&r=isapi