#50306 [NEW]: preg_match_all() example #3 is wrong

From: kalle dot v at kolumbus dot fi Operating system: Red Hat PHP version: Irrelevant PHP Bug Type: Documentation problem Bug description: preg_match_all() example #3 is wrong Description: ------------ Similar to Bug #46904 preg_match() example #4 is wrong (http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=46904), but with preg_match_all. Seems the original issue discussed in the comments of bug #46904 is not actually related only to PHP version. I have a Red Hat box with PHP 5.2.6 installed but still this doesn't work: (?<name>\w+) and this works: (?P<name>\w+) And I had some trouble figuring this one out, since I use preg_match_all and in the preg_match_all documentation example #3 is similar to the one that was previously in preg_match example #4. And named subpatterns was something I hadn't used before, so I didn't know about the different syntaxes. So I think at least the same comment that was added to preg_match should be added to preg_match_all documentation so people will know there are these different syntaxes and they can try them out if they get errors. But maybe someone should check this again to find out what actually makes these different syntaxes work with different PHP versions/machines/operating systems. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=50306&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50306&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50306&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50306&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50306&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50306&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50306&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50306&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50306&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50306&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50306&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50306&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50306&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50306&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50306&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50306&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50306&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50306&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50306&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50306&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50306&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50306&r=mysqlcfg