#50812 [Opn->Csd]: What exactly does quantifier minimizer mean when it comes to the '?' meta char?

ID: 50812 Updated by: degeberg@php.net Reported By: mdepuy at gmail dot com -Status: Open +Status: Closed Bug Type: Documentation problem PHP Version: Irrelevant 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. It simply means that it makes quantifiers ungreedy/lazy (it "minimizes" the number of characters matched). I've changed the wording in the manual. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-01-20 23:51:48] svn@php.net Automatic comment from SVN on behalf of degeberg Revision: http://svn.php.net/viewvc/?view=revision&revision=293793 Log: Fixed bug #50812 (What exactly does quantifier minimizer mean when it comes to the '?' meta char?) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-01-20 23:40:22] mdepuy at gmail dot com Description: ------------ On the meta character description page for PCRE (http://php.net/manual/en/regexp.reference.meta.php), it notes that the '?' character is also 'also quantifier minimizer'. Can anyone elaborate on exactly what this means? Reproduce code: --------------- --- From manual page: regexp.reference.meta --- http://php.net/manual/en/regexp.reference.meta.php ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=50812&edit=1