quantifiers not working in ereg.*

on a redhat 8.0 box with php 4.1.2 rpm (from rh v7.2) installed the ereg.* functions don't work as i expect. in some cases - especially when "\r\n" sequences are involved - the ereg functions don't match a string, although they should. i tested with the same code on several machines, it works fine on all, only the above mentioned redhat box causes problems: $foo ="barB\r\nfoo\r\n"; if(ereg(".+\r\nfo", $foo)) { print('matched'); } else { print('not matched'); } i expect the output 'matched', and actually i get it on all machines but the redhat box. any idea what could be the reason for this behaviour? /matze -- ( ( ( i ) ) ) http://barcelona.indymedia.org ( ( ( i ) ) ) * using free software / Debian GNU/Linux | http://debian.org * gpg --keyserver keys.indymedia.org --recv-keys B9A88F6F "La guerra es un acto abominable en el que se matan personas que no se conocen, dirigidas por personas que se conocen y no se matan"