It's more serious than I thought as ANY use of preg_match causes the segfaulting, even in interactive mode.
$ php -a Interactive shell php > $msg="!Hello"; if ( preg_match('#^!Hello\b#', $msg) ) echo "wee"; Segmentation fault (core dumped) php > if ( preg_match('/d/', 'dba') ) echo "wee"; Segmentation fault (core dumped) ---- Sent using Guerrillamail.com Block or report abuse: https://www.guerrillamail.com/abuse/?a=QlhzEgQOY7cMjxm9%2FjAcfRk%3D -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple