ID: 49598 Comment by: a at b dot c dot de Reported By: sergey at lisergey dot net Status: Open Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Operating System: FreeBSD PHP Version: 5.2.11 New Comment:
Use the PCRE functions (such as preg_grep) instead. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2009-09-19 06:55:25] sergey at lisergey dot net Description: ------------ I use posix regexp for log parsing and its extremely useful. If it would be deprecated, I'd have to rewrite alot of code. Yes, of course, I could call system() and use egrep, but it's weightier and unsafer way to get some sophisticated stings out of a huge log. Reproduce code: --------------- --- >From manual page: function.ereg --- Expected result: ---------------- POSIX RegExp functions to be not deprecated ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=49598&edit=1