From: Operating system: openSuse 11.1(Linux 2.6.27) PHP version: 5.3.8 Package: *Regular Expressions Bug Type: Bug Bug description:preg_match recursive does not work with start of subject ^ option
Description: ------------ when i try php -r 'preg_match("!((\d+)(\s*,\s*(?R))*)$!","22222, 33333, 44444 ,55555 , abcd,defg,4537, 6537, 8774", $m);echo print_r($m,1);' Array ( [0] => 4537, 6537, 8774 [1] => 4537, 6537, 8774 [2] => 4537 [3] => , 6537, 8774 ) Similarly it should work with start of subject ^ option but it does not work. It works fine without start of subject ^ option Test script: --------------- php -r 'preg_match("!^((\d+)(\s*,\s*(?R))*)!","22222, 33333, 44444 ,55555 , abcd,defg,4537, 6537, 8774", $m);echo print_r($m,1);' Expected result: ---------------- Array ( [0] => 22222, 33333, 44444 ,55555 [1] => 22222, 33333, 44444 ,55555 [2] => 22222 [3] => , 33333, 44444 ,55555 ) Actual result: -------------- Array ( [0] => 22222 [1] => 22222 [2] => 22222 ) -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=55811&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55811&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55811&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55811&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55811&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55811&r=needdocs Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55811&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55811&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55811&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55811&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55811&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55811&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55811&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55811&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55811&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55811&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55811&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55811&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55811&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55811&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55811&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55811&r=mysqlcfg