Bug #11520: Same eregi() script, different OS's, different results

From: child_god@yahoo.com Operating system: Win NT 4.0sp6a/Win2k Server/RedHat Linux 7.1 PHP version: 4.0.4pl1 PHP Bug Type: *Regular Expressions Bug description: Same eregi() script, different OS's, different results This script from www.4cm.com works on Win NT 4.0sp6a and Win 2k Server without any problem, but fails on two different Red Hat Linux 7.1 machines. One 7.1 machine is a Dell 166mhz with a 48mb of ram, the other is a Dell P3 600mhz with 384mb of ram. All machines are using php 4.0.4pl1. The red hat machines installed php at install time, server class installation, no mod_php installed (at least that's what rpm -qi mod_php said). Apache is compiled with mod_so.c <?php ############################################################### # Script Title: 4CM_Grabber # File: 4CM_Grabber.php # Description: This script will Grab information from a given web site # Author: John B. Abela # Email: support@4cm.com # Web: http://www.4cm.com/ # Version: 2.0.5 # # Copyright © 1996-2000 www.4cm.com. All Rights Reserved. # # # www.4cm.com (4CM) offers no warranties on this script. # The downloader of the script is solely responsible for any # problems caused by the installation of the script or use # of the script, including possible legal action for the grabbing # of the data, as a result of this script! # # ALL COPYRIGHT NOTICES REGARDING: www.4cm.com # MUST REMAIN INTACT IN THE SCRIPT AND IN THE HTML OF THE SCRIPT! # # For more info on this script, see: # http://www.4cm.com/ # # (Please be kind and sign our guestbook at: # http://www.4cm.com/guestbook/ and say your using # this script!!) ############################################################### ######################## ## Mandatory Setting ## ######################## $GrabURL = "http://www.theregister.co.uk"; //- Complete URL Of The Page Your Grabbing From! $GrabStart = "<!-- </td></Tr> -->"; //- HTML Code To Start Grab. Must Be A Unique Bit Of Code! $GrabEnd = "<IMG SRC=\'/Themes/Normal/Sections.gif\' ALT=\'Sections\' BORDER=\'0\' WIDTH=\'150\' HEIGHT=\'15\'>"; //- HTML Code To End Grab. Must Be A Unique Bit Of Code! ############################# ## Do Not Edit Below Here ## ## Do Not Edit Below Here ## ############################# $OpenFile = fopen("$GrabURL", "r"); //- DO NOT CHANGE $RetrieveFile = fread($OpenFile, 200000); //- Reduce This To Save Memory $GrabData = eregi("$GrabStart(.*)$GrabEnd", $RetrieveFile, $DataPrint); // $DataPrint[1] = str_replace("", "", $DataPrint[1]); //- Un-Comment This Line for "Replace" purposes! // $DataPrint[1] = str_replace("", "", $DataPrint[1]); //- Un-Comment This Line for "Replace" purposes! fclose($OpenFile); //- DO NOT CHANGE echo $DataPrint[1]; //- DO NOT CHANGE #################### ## End of Script ## #################### ?> If i change the $GrabData = eregi(... line to $GrabData = eregi("$GrabStart(.*)", ... basically taking out the $GrabEnd, the script works. If i replace $GrabStart with $GrabEnd, the script works. BUT, it will not work if I have both in the expression (on the Red Hat Linux 7.1 machines). Why? -- Edit Bug report at: http://bugs.php.net/?id=11520&edit=1