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<?php $str = 'ananas'; $re = "^an|^ananas"; ereg($re, $str, $m); echo "$re\n", print_r($m, true), "\n"; $re = "^an.|^an(.)"; ereg($re, $str, $m); echo "$re\n", print_r($m, true), "\n"; $re = "^an(.)|^an."; ereg($re, $str, $m); echo "$re\n", print_r($m, true);
Output for 7.0.33, 7.1.0 - 7.1.25, 7.2.0 - 7.2.33, 7.3.0 - 7.3.33, 7.4.0 - 7.4.33, 8.0.0 - 8.0.30, 8.1.0 - 8.1.33, 8.2.0 - 8.2.29, 8.3.0 - 8.3.25, 8.4.1 - 8.4.12
Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function ereg() in /in/MajCl:5 Stack trace: #0 {main} thrown in /in/MajCl on line 5
Process exited with code 255.
Output for 5.6.38
Deprecated: Function ereg() is deprecated in /in/MajCl on line 5 ^an|^ananas Array ( [0] => ananas ) Deprecated: Function ereg() is deprecated in /in/MajCl on line 9 ^an.|^an(.) Array ( [0] => ana [1] => ) Deprecated: Function ereg() is deprecated in /in/MajCl on line 14 ^an(.)|^an. Array ( [0] => ana [1] => a )

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