Re: preg_match() returns false but no documentation why

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On Thursday 31 May 2007 01:33, Jared Farrish wrote:

> Can anybody spot why this doesn't seem to be working right? The manual
> ( http://us2.php.net/preg_match) says it returns "false" on error, but
> preg_last_error() returns 0, which I assume points to the
> "PREG_NO_ERROR" error code.
>
> <code>
> preg_match("^ldap(s)?://[a-zA-Z0-9-]+\.[a-zA-Z.]{2,5}$",$this->server)
> </code>
>
> I also tried ereg(), and have searched and gone through the comments.
> Why would a regex operation return false?

If you check your error log you'll find:

Warning: preg_match(): No ending delimiter '^' found in xxx.php on line xx

IMO that shouldn't be a warning, it should be an error that halts 
execution so people wouldn't go looking for a non-existant 
preg_last_error() when preg_match() did not even run.

-- 
Crayon

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