#48836 [NEW]: Example for HTTP auth has bad regexp

From: mike at silverorange dot com Operating system: Irrelevant PHP version: Irrelevant PHP Bug Type: Documentation problem Bug description: Example for HTTP auth has bad regexp Description: ------------ The regular expression in the example on the HTTP authentication page (http://php.net/manual/en/features.http-auth.php) is incorrect. It seems from the comments on the page, a lot of developers are running into problems trying to use the example. Expected result: ---------------- The expression is correct. The subpattern for matching quoted values needs to be non-greedy so it doesn't capture the whole auth string. Here's a cleaned up and commented version of the expression that works: preg_match_all( '@ (\w+) # name = (?: ([\'"])([^\2]+?)\2 # quoted value | ([^\s,]+) # unquoted value )@x', $txt, $matches, PREG_SET_ORDER); -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=48836&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48836&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48836&r=trysnapshot53 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48836&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48836&r=fixedcvs Fixed in CVS and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48836&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48836&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48836&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48836&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48836&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48836&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48836&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48836&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48836&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48836&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48836&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48836&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48836&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48836&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48836&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48836&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48836&r=mysqlcfg