Bug #16976: preg_replace /e causes access violation

From: sean@caedmon.net Operating system: Windows2000 / IIS5 PHP version: 4.1.2 PHP Bug Type: Regexps related Bug description: preg_replace /e causes access violation this code causes an access violation on IIS5/Windows2000/PHP4.1.2 Reports are that it works fine with apache4.0.6 (OS unknown): <?php $str = "here's some code:\n [code]//yep;\n \$a = 0; if (\$a < 1) { echo 'moo &amp;'; }\n[/code]"; $str = preg_replace('/(\[code\])([^\[]*)(\[\/code\])/ie', "'<br><br>code:<hr size=\"1\"><pre>' . htmlspecialchars('\\2') . '<hr size=\"1\"></pre>'", $str); echo $str; ?> S -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=16976&edit=1 -- Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=16976&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=16976&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=16976&r=needtrace Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=16976&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=16976&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=16976&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=16976&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=16976&r=submittedtwice