Re: note 90568 rejected and deleted from regexp.reference by notes editor danbrown

why the hell would this be removed? this is not something that would be handled via another PHP channel... -- Jonathan Langevin PHP Site Solutions http://www.phpsitesolutions.com On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 2:50 PM, <php-notes@lists.php.net> wrote: > You are receiving this email because your note posted > to the online PHP manual has been removed by one of the editors. > > Read the following paragraphs carefully, because they contain > pointers to resources better suited for requesting support or > reporting bugs, none of which are to be included in manual notes > because there are mechanisms and groups in place to deal with > those issues. > > The user contributed notes are not an appropriate place to > ask questions, report bugs or suggest new features; please > use the resources listed on <http://php.net/support> > for those purposes. This was clearly stated in the page > you used to submit your note, please carefully re-read > those instructions before submitting future contributions. > > Bug submissions and feature requests should be entered at > <http://bugs.php.net/>. For documentation errors use the > bug system, and classify the bug as "Documentation problem". > Support and ways to find answers to your questions can be found > at <http://php.net/support>. > > Your note has been removed from the online manual. > > ----- Copy of your note below ----- > > As sengokyu mentioned, Redhat/Centos (as of 5.3) is still not using the > current version of PCRE. (PCRE 6.6 is used, instead of the current 7.9) > > There are 2 issues here. > > 1. Unicode support: PCRE 6 supports Unicode, but Redhat compiled PCRE 6 > without unicode support. > You can get an updated RPM compiled properly, here: > http://tiny.cc/redhat_pcre_6 > > 2. PHP 5.2.4 adds support for \v, \V, \h, \H, but the docs fail to mention > that these new flags are *only* available as of PCRE 7.2. > Considering that Redhat/Centos is one of the most widely used server > distros, it would be unwise to use those new PCRE flags, as they won't be > supported on most servers that your code would run on > > Additionally, there are no intentions to update PCRE 6.6 to PCRE 7.x > anytime soon, as there are many applications in Redhat/Centos that could be > broken by PCRE 7.x (which apparently isn't 100% backwards compatible?). > > This is quite a shame, as these new PCRE features are quite handy... >