#47653 [Bgs]: Error in documentation for preg_match_all

ID: 47653 User updated by: cloudyovercuba at gmail dot com Reported By: cloudyovercuba at gmail dot com Status: Bogus Bug Type: Documentation problem Operating System: Ubuntu Linux PHP Version: Irrelevant New Comment: Ok. Perhaps you should make note of that in the documentation? Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2009-03-13 23:15:32] felipe@php.net The example is correct, it just requires PCRE 7.0, which is bundled with PHP5.2.2+. $ sapi/cli/php -r 'preg_match("/(?<name>\w+): (?<digit>\d+)/", "foo: 111", $m);print_r($m);' Array ( [0] => foo: 111 [name] => foo [1] => foo [digit] => 111 [2] => 111 ) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2009-03-13 21:01:15] cloudyovercuba at gmail dot com Description: ------------ In the documentation for preg_match_all at http://www.php.net/preg_match_all , example #3 shows that a example regex for named subpatterns is this: /(?<name>\w+): (?<digit>\d+)/ This does not work, and returns an error. The proper regex would be this: /(?P<name>\w+): (?P<digit>\d+)/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=47653&edit=1