#33754 [NEW]: The ereg function does not accept [:alpha:] as representing [a-zA-Z]

From: bryan at phprogrammer dot com Operating system: llinux PHP version: 4.3.11 PHP Bug Type: POSIX related Bug description: The ereg function does not accept [:alpha:] as representing [a-zA-Z] Description: ------------ It also ignores all the rest of the metacharacters [:space:] [:alnum:] [:digit:] and so on Reproduce code: --------------- <? if(ereg("[:digit:]", "1234", $regs)) { print "true"; } else { print "false"; } ?> Expected result: ---------------- true Actual result: -------------- false -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=33754&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33754&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33754&r=trysnapshot50 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.1): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33754&r=trysnapshot51 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33754&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33754&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33754&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33754&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33754&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33754&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33754&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33754&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33754&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33754&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33754&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33754&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33754&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33754&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33754&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33754&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=33754&r=mysqlcfg