Re: Bug #3014: octal character versus regex backreferences
| From: | Evan Klinger | Date: | Tue, 21 Dec 1999 02:21:08 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Bug #3014: octal character versus regex backreferences | ||
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cmiller@surfsouth.com wrote:
>
> From: cmiller@surfsouth.com
> Operating system: any
> PHP version: 3.0 Latest CVS (20/12/1999)
> PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request
> Bug description: octal character versus regex backreferences
>
> ereg("fla(r[gpm]) wobba\1", $foo)
>
> Note the ``\1'' -- is that an octal 1 in my charset, or a backreference?
>
> The backslash-x-number notation is great for hexidecimal, but the backslash-number notation
> conflicts with the notation for backreferences (in ereg(), e.g.)
>
> Are there backreferences? The manual refers us to the regex(7) manpage, which does describe
> them.
\\n is used for back-references.
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ev
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