mb_ereg()/mb_eregi() currently have an inconsistent return value
based on whether the $matches parameter is passed or not:
> Returns the byte length of the matched string if a match for
> pattern was found in string, or FALSE if no matches were found
> or an error occurred.
>
> If the optional parameter regs was not passed or the length of
> the matched string is 0, this function returns 1.
Coupling this behavior to the $matches parameter doesn't make sense
-- we know the match length either way, there is no technical
reason to distinguish them. However, returning the match length
is not particularly useful either, especially due to the need to
convert 0-length into 1-length to satisfy "truthy" checks. We
could always return 1, which would kind of match the behavior of
preg_match() -- however, preg_match() actually returns the number
of matches, which is 0 or 1 for preg_match(), while false signals
an error. However, mb_ereg() returns false both for no match and
for an error. This would result in an odd 1|false return value.
The patch canonicalizes mb_ereg() to always return a boolean,
where true indicates a match and false indicates no match or error.
This also matches the behavior of the mb_ereg_match() and
mb_ereg_search() functions.
This fixes the default value integrity violation in PHP 8.
Closes GH-6331.
This patch adds missing newlines, trims multiple redundant final
newlines into a single one, and trims redundant leading newlines in all
*.phpt sections.
According to POSIX, a line is a sequence of zero or more non-' <newline>'
characters plus a terminating '<newline>' character. [1] Files should
normally have at least one final newline character.
C89 [2] and later standards [3] mention a final newline:
"A source file that is not empty shall end in a new-line character,
which shall not be immediately preceded by a backslash character."
Although it is not mandatory for all files to have a final newline
fixed, a more consistent and homogeneous approach brings less of commit
differences issues and a better development experience in certain text
editors and IDEs.
[1] http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/V1_chap03.html#tag_03_206
[2] https://port70.net/~nsz/c/c89/c89-draft.html#2.1.1.2
[3] https://port70.net/~nsz/c/c99/n1256.html#5.1.1.2
Nikita Popov