ID: 24571 Updated by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reported By: matthewb at syrah dot us -Status: Open +Status: Closed Bug Type: Documentation problem Operating System: Irrelevant PHP Version: Irrelevant New Comment:
This bug has been fixed in the documentation's XML sources. Since the online and downloadable versions of the documentation need some time to get updated, we would like to ask you to be a bit patient. Thank you for the report, and for helping us make our documentation better. Added entry to regexp.reference.internal-options (syntax) and link there (modifiers). Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-07-09 19:34:12] matthewb at syrah dot us Description: ------------ The preg documentation for setting the ungreedy modifier in the middle of a pattern is unclear on this page: http://www.php.net/manual/en/pcre.pattern.modifiers.php In the "U (PCRE_UNGREEDY)" section it says: "It [the ungreedy modifier] can also be set by a (?U) modifier setting within the pattern." This is confusing. Why is the "U" inside the parentheses? Why are the parentheses even here? As far as I can tell, neither the parentheses nor the U have anything to do with using "?" to make a particular quantifier ungreedy within a pattern. Specifically, neither /,.*?U,/ nor /,.*(?U),/ seem to make the * ungreedy. In my opinion, it would be more clear to say: "The ungreedy modifier can also be applied to individual quantifiers within a pattern by placing a "?" after the quantifier. For example /,.*?,/ will ungreedily match characters between the commas." (Aside: I admit that the effects of the "?" inside patterns is well documented on this page: http://www.php.net/manual/en/pcre.pattern.syntax.php But unfortunately the word "ungreedy", while it does appear on the page, does not appear near the section describing the ungreedy effects of "?".) Many thanks. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=24571&edit=1
