#48836 [Ver->Csd]: Example for HTTP auth has bad regexp

ID: 48836 Updated by: rquadling@php.net Reported By: mike at silverorange dot com -Status: Verified +Status: Closed Bug Type: Documentation problem Operating System: Irrelevant PHP Version: Irrelevant Assigned To: rquadling New Comment: This bug has been fixed in the documentation's XML sources. Since the online and downloadable versions of the documentation need some time to get updated, we would like to ask you to be a bit patient. Thank you for the report, and for helping us make our documentation better. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2009-07-07 16:16:06] mike at silverorange dot com 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 this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=48836&edit=1