#46904 [NEW]: preg_match() example #4 is wrong

From: joe at digg dot com Operating system: Debian GNU/Linux PHP version: Irrelevant PHP Bug Type: Documentation problem Bug description: preg_match() example #4 is wrong Description: ------------ On http://us.php.net/preg_match example #4 (Using named subpattern) is wrong. It shows: <?php $str = 'foobar: 2008'; preg_match('/(?<name>\w+): (?<digit>\d+)/', $str, $matches); print_r($matches); ?> The proper syntax for named expressions is (?P<foo>). Expected result: ---------------- <?php $str = 'foobar: 2008'; preg_match('/(?P<name>\w+): (?P<digit>\d+)/', $str, $matches); print_r($matches); ?> -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=46904&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46904&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46904&r=trysnapshot53 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46904&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46904&r=fixedcvs Fixed in CVS and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46904&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46904&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46904&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46904&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46904&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46904&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46904&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46904&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46904&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46904&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46904&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46904&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46904&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46904&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46904&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46904&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46904&r=mysqlcfg