Re: preg_match() returns false but no documentation why

On Thursday 31 May 2007 01:33, Jared Farrish wrote: > Can anybody spot why this doesn't seem to be working right? The manual > ( http://us2.php.net/preg_match) says it returns > "false" on error, but > preg_last_error() returns 0, which I assume points to the > "PREG_NO_ERROR" error code. > > <code> > preg_match("^ldap(s)?://[a-zA-Z0-9-]+\.[a-zA-Z.]{2,5}$",$this->server) > </code> > > I also tried ereg(), and have searched and gone through the comments. > Why would a regex operation return false? If you check your error log you'll find: Warning: preg_match(): No ending delimiter '^' found in xxx.php on line xx IMO that shouldn't be a warning, it should be an error that halts execution so people wouldn't go looking for a non-existant preg_last_error() when preg_match() did not even run. -- Crayon