#28408 [NEW]: preg_match can return an array, not only an int

From: Progman2002 at gmx dot de Operating system: PHP version: Irrelevant PHP Bug Type: Documentation problem Bug description: preg_match can return an array, not only an int Description: ------------ Its only a typo: preg_match is defined as: int preg_match ( string pattern, string subject [, array matches [, int flags [, int offset]]]) so, it will return an integer.. which is wrong: | flags can be the following flag: | | PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE | | If this flag is passed, for every occurring match the | appendant string offset will also be returned. Note that | this changes the return value in an array where every | element is an array consisting of the matched string at | offset 0 and its string offset into subject at offset 1. | This flag is available since PHP 4.3.0 . So it can also return an Array. | preg_match() returns FALSE if an error occurred. And it can return FALSE. So the "int" of the return-value must be changed to "mixed" -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=28408&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28408&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28408&r=trysnapshot5 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28408&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28408&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28408&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28408&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28408&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28408&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28408&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28408&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28408&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28408&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28408&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28408&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28408&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28408&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28408&r=float