note 19195 deleted from function.preg-match by sander

From: Date: Sun, 12 May 2002 16:13:37 +0000
Subject: note 19195 deleted from function.preg-match by sander
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preg_match() returns an integer type rather than a boolean. Is this a bug of sorts given that it only returns true/false? You have to cast it to boolean if you want to use the result in a overloaded (by type) function, for example.

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