From: alexey at gmail dot com Operating system: linux PHP version: 4.4.6 PHP Bug Type: *Search functions Bug description: ereg_replace does not replace all occurrences
Description: ------------ ereg_replace() does not replace all occurrences of a regular expression as the following example shows. The pattern &([^;][^;][^;][^;][^;]) is replaced with &\\1 in a string http://search.networkworld.com/index.html?col=&qs=&qc=&si=0&ql=a&nh=25&lk=1&rf=0qqqqqqqqqqqq The output is http://search.networkworld.com/index.html?col=&qs=&qc=&si=0&ql=a&nh=25&lk=1&rf=0qqqqqqqqqqqq which indicates for example that the last & was not replaced. Reproduce code: --------------- <?php $data = "http://search.networkworld.com/index.html?col=&qs=&qc=&si=0&ql=a&nh=25&lk=1&rf=0qqqqqqqqqqqq"; $pattern="&([^;][^;][^;][^;][^;])"; $data=ereg_replace($pattern, "&\\1", $data); echo $data."\n"; // http://search.networkworld.com/index.html?col=&qs=&qc=&si=0&ql=a&nh=25&lk=1&rf=0qqqqqqqqqqqq $data=ereg_replace($pattern, "&\\1", $data); echo $data."\n"; // http://search.networkworld.com/index.html?col=&qs=&qc=&si=0&ql=a&nh=25&lk=1&rf=0qqqqqqqqqqqq ?> Expected result: ---------------- http://search.networkworld.com/index.html?col=&qs=&qc=&si=0&ql=a&nh=25&lk=1&rf=0qqqqqqqqqqqq Actual result: -------------- http://search.networkworld.com/index.html?col=&qs=&qc=&si=0&ql=a&nh=25&lk=1&rf=0qqqqqqqqqqqq -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=41235&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41235&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41235&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41235&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41235&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41235&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41235&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41235&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41235&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41235&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41235&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41235&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41235&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41235&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41235&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41235&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41235&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41235&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41235&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41235&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41235&r=mysqlcfg
