From: paj at pearfr dot org Operating system: linux PHP version: 4.3.1 PHP Bug Type: PCRE related Bug description: weird errors using \\
$path='Hello\ World There is\ a\ dog'; $split=preg_split('/(?<!\\)\s+/',$path); print_r($split); returns: Warning: Compilation failed: lookbehind assertion is not fixed length at offset 9 in /home/paj/projects/pear/core/test.php on line 17 /home/paj/projects/pear/core/test.php(17) : Warning - Compilation failed: lookbehind assertion is not fixed length at offset 9 $path='Hello\ World There is\ a\ dog'; $split=preg_split('/(?<!\\\)\s+/',$path); print_r($split); does not, but does not work as expected with others cases. It seems to work with 4.3.0, a test url: http://devel.akbkhome.com/regex.php which runs 4.3.0, the 1st expression works correclty pierre -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=22315&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=22315&r=trysnapshot Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=22315&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=22315&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=22315&r=needtrace Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=22315&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=22315&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=22315&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=22315&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=22315&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=22315&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=22315&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=22315&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=22315&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=22315&r=gnused