PHP 4.0 Bug #6332: preg_replace does not abide by limit argument

From: jmoore@php.net Operating system: Win32 PHP version: 4.0 Latest CVS (24/08/2000) PHP Bug Type: Misbehaving function Bug description: preg_replace does not abide by limit argument Using Zeevs Build of RC1 on Win32 the preg_replace function either does not work as I expected or ignores limit, taking the example from the manual.. ======= test.php ========= <?php $html_body = "<hello><this><is><a><test>"; print preg_replace ("/(<\/?)(\w+)([^>]*>)/e", "'\\1'.strtoupper('\\2').'\\3'", $html_body, 2); ?> =========================== Expected Output: <HELLO><THIS><is><a><test> Actual output: <HELLO><THIS><IS><A><TEST> I suppose at least ignoreing it you dont get the same error as in pl2 where it gave wrong parameter count... -James