Doc #60177 [NEW]: text is inconsistent

From: Operating system: any PHP version: 5.3.8 Package: Documentation problem Bug Type: Documentation Problem Bug description:text is inconsistent Description: ------------ --- From manual page: http://www.php.net/reference.pcre.pattern.posix --- the text says pcre stops at the first match. > > 3. Using the pattern one(self)?(selfsufficient)? on the string > oneselfsufficient with PCRE will result in matching oneself, but using POSIX > the result will be the full string oneselfsufficient. Both (sub)strings match > the original string, but POSIX requires that the longest be the result. > The first match is 'one' not 'oneself'. preg_match behaves as described (finding 'oneself') but the text does not explain why or how to predict this behaviour. perhaps the definition of 'first' is unclear? Test script: --------------- preg_match('/one(self)?(selfsufficient)?/','oneselfsufficient',$r); print_r($r); /* behaves as described */ preg_match('/one(self)?(selfsufficient)?/','one',$r); print_r($r); /* one is the first match */ -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=60177&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60177&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60177&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60177&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60177&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60177&r=needdocs Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60177&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60177&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60177&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60177&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60177&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60177&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60177&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60177&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60177&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60177&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60177&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60177&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60177&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60177&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60177&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60177&r=mysqlcfg