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

ID: 46904 Comment by: tobias382 at gmail dot com Reported By: joe at digg dot com Status: Open Bug Type: Documentation problem Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux PHP Version: Irrelevant New Comment: Patch for /phpdoc/en/reference/pcre/functions/preg-match.xml: 278c278 < preg_match('/(?<name>\w+): (?<digit>\d+)/', $str, $matches); --- > preg_match('/(?P<name>\w+): (?P<digit>\d+)/', $str, $matches); Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-12-18 20:08:21] joe at digg dot com 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 this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=46904&edit=1