PHP 4.0 Bug #9109 Updated: Comments and regular expressions make problems

ID: 9109 Updated by: stas Reported By: php@tricos.com Old-Status: Open Status: Closed Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem Assigned To: Comments: Right. Engine cannot parse your comments as if they were PHP code (because they are not), so be careful. Previous Comments: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2001-02-05 07:22:06] php@tricos.com This is a problem: /* $pnr=preg_replace("/[a-zA-Z]*/", "", $pnr); */ As you can see this is a line that has been commented out. The problem is that the engine thinks that the "*/" within the REGEX itself is the end of the comment making it impossible to comment this line out. This is a big problem if you have a whole block of expressions containing REGEX which you want to comment out! What about a fix? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ATTENTION! Do NOT reply to this email! To reply, use the web interface found at http://bugs.php.net/?id=9109&edit=2