re: quantifiers not working in ereg.*

> On Sunday 25 May 2003 20:42, matze wrote: > > 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. > > FWIW using RH7.2, PHP 4.3.0 compiled from source the above matches. > > > any idea what could be the reason for this behaviour? > > Stab in the darK: as of RH8 the locale settings were changed, not sure > whether > this has any bearing on your problem. Best ask on the RH list. will have a look at this point > Another thing, when you installed php didn't it complain? RH7.2 used > Apache > 1.3.X and RH8 uses Apache 2.X. i installed also apache 1.3.27 from the rh 7.2 rpm ;-) > BTW you're probably better off using the preg*() functions anyway. prob is that the critical part of code is in a standard peace of software (xmlrpc) that i'd like avoid to modify. thx /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"