Re: PHP 4.0 Bug #2670: ereg causes segfault

roberts_chris@yahoo.com writes: > From: roberts_chris@yahoo.com > Operating system: Solaris 7 x86 > PHP version: 4.0 Latest CVS (05/11/1999) > PHP Bug Type: Misbehaving function > Bug description: ereg causes segfault > > ereg is crashing apache when the variable data begins with a ".". > There are probably better ways to do this, but , it does work with ALL > previous versions tested. Not able to get a core dump or backtrace. > > Soalris 7 x86 on PII 400 > Apache 1.3.9 with PHP as DSO > > ./configure --with-apxs=/opt/apache/bin/apxs --with-config-file-path=/opt/apache/conf > --without-gd --with-yp --with-ldap=/opt > > ********************************************************************************** > <html> > <head><title>Ereg Test</title></head> > <body> > <? > $testvar=".bunk variable data"; > > if ( !ereg( "^\.+", $testvar) ) { > echo "<h2>Testvar passed regex</h2>\n"; > } > ?> > </body> > </html> OK, just for informational purposes: this doesn't crash on PHP 3.0.13-dev or 4 for me (Linux, glibc, Apache 1.3.6). However, the '!' in front of the regex inverts the logic, which may cause it to look a little like it's not working; try removing it and see what you get. If you're getting an actual segfault in apache (i.e. 'Document contains no data' then that's a different story...:) Torben