#27705 [NEW]: Error in eregi_replace(...)

From: bartwared2 at planet dot nl Operating system: Linux, apache 1.3.29 PHP version: 4.3.4 PHP Bug Type: Unknown/Other Function Bug description: Error in eregi_replace(...) Description: ------------ I have been trying to get the eregi_replace function to remove \\ from my string. I have also tried ereg_replace. Every time I try to it fails. This *is* a bug.In http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=26524 was said that it isn't, but I'm sure it is. We all know, to print a \ on the screen we can use this: print("\\"); This works, ofcourse. Try it. But when you try to use eregi_replace to replace a \, it will give the following error: Warning: eregi_replace(): REG_EESCAPE in /where-ever.php on line 5 There is nothing diffrent from my host to any others, and more people have this problem, I think. Try this: <?php $description = "Hi, \\how are you?"; $description = eregi_replace("\\", " ", $description); ?> Reproduce code: --------------- $description = "Hi, \\how are you?"; $description = eregi_replace("\\", " ", $description); Expected result: ---------------- I expected $description to become "Hi, how are you", but instead of that I got... Actual result: -------------- Warning: eregi_replace(): REG_EESCAPE in /home/bartware/public_html/bart-ware.com/admin.php on line 188 Line 188 is: $description = eregi_replace("\\", " ", $description); -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=27705&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27705&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27705&r=trysnapshot5 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27705&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27705&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27705&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27705&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27705&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27705&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27705&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27705&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27705&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27705&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27705&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27705&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27705&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27705&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=27705&r=float