Re: preg_match too greedy

On 07/29/2009 07:48 PM, Daniel Kolbo wrote:

code works (no match) for me too on php 5.2.6 build date May 2 2008 18:01:20 with dumbdows NT. preg_match fails but for a reason other than what I think you may be expecting. It fails b/c of the first forwards slash in $url. The regex engine doesn't even get past the second character let alone reaching the end of line anchor.

The forward slash shouldn't be an issue as the delimiter is '%'. The full pattern is: %^/foo/?$%U

Also, your code works (no match) with this first forward slash removed: $url = 'foo(/)?'

But the string happens to start with a forward slash.