ID:               11461
 Updated by:       [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Reported By:      [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Status:           Bogus
 Bug Type:         Regexps related
 Operating System: Linux 2.2.16-SMP
 PHP Version:      4.0.6RC3
 New Comment:

PHP does support ARE and again, this is not the issue here.


Previous Comments:
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[2002-05-15 07:50:41] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Maybe you shoud include both types and let the user decide with of them
he wants to use.

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[2002-05-15 07:49:15] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

It depends whether you use the Extended Regular Expressions (as PHP
does at the moment) or the Advanced Regular Expressions which have much
more features. Both are defined by POSIX.
Using ARE constructs like [0-9A-Za-z_\-\.] are right. If you want a "\"
whithin the brackets you have to write "\\". The AREs are much easier
to use and are more conclusive than the ERE.

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[2002-05-14 19:30:17] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

No I didn't.  The problem has nothing to do with ^ vs. [^
The question is whether \- is a valid way to get a literal - inside
[]'s

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[2002-05-14 16:05:56] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

@rasmus:

It sounds like you've mistaken "^" for "[^" ...

http://sunsite.utk.edu/gnu/regex/regex_17.html#SEC17
http://sunsite.utk.edu/gnu/regex/regex_23.html#SEC23

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[2002-05-14 12:31:25] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

 A  bracket  expression is a list of characters enclosed in
 `[]'.  It normally matches any single character  from  the
 list  (but  see  below).   If the list begins with `^', it
 matches any single character (but see below) not from  the
 rest of the list.  If two characters in the list are sepa­
 rated by `-', this is shorthand  for  the  full  range  of
 characters  between those two (inclusive) in the collating
 sequence, e.g. `[0-9]' in ASCII matches any decimal digit.
 It  is  illegal- for two ranges to share an endpoint, e.g.
 `a-c-e'.  Ranges  are  very  collating-sequence-dependent,
 and portable programs should avoid relying on them.

 To  include  a  literal `]' in the list, make it the first
 character (following a possible `^').  To include  a  lit­
 eral `-', make it the first or last character, or the sec­
 ond endpoint of a range.  To use  a  literal  `-'  as  the
 first  endpoint of a range, enclose it in `[.' and `.]' to
 make it a collating element (see below).  With the  excep­
 tion  of  these  and some combinations using `[' (see next
 paragraphs), all other special characters, including  `\',
 lose  their  special significance within a bracket expres­
 sion.

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