[SOLVED] preg_match undefined?

[schilly]

I'm running into this error on a friend's server: "PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined function preg_match()"

 

I assume preg_match was installed by default. Is there an easy way to check this and/or fix this?

 

PHP v5.2.6

 

thx.

[schilly]

Ok ran this:

<?php
if (function_exists('preg_match')) {
    echo "preg_match available.<br />\n";
} else {
    echo "preg_match not available.<br />\n";
}
?>

 

And it said it wasn't available. How do I enable it? Do I have to recompile PHP or is it an ini setting?

[DarkWater]

I think the PCRE module is installed by default, so every server should really have it.  Is it his personal server or a hosted server?

 

EDIT:  I meant "IS installed by default".  Wasn't paying attention.

[schilly]

I believe it's a full control hosted server. Can you tell by the phpinfo() print out?

[DarkWater]

I believe it's a full control hosted server. Can you tell by the phpinfo() print out?

 

Yes, please send the full HTML source of the phpinfo() page.  Or just show me the output of `php -m`.

[schilly]

Here is the configuration:

 

'./configure' '--prefix=/usr/local/php5' '--with-config-file-scan-dir=/usr/local/php5/etc' '--with-apxs2=/usr/local/apache2/bin/apxs' '--disable-all' '--enable-libxml' '--with-libxml-dir=/usr/local' '--enable-reflection' '--disable-cli' '--disable-cgi' '--enable-zend-multibyte' '--with-regex=system'

 

> php -m

date

libxml

Reflection

standard

 

[Zend Modules]

 

>

[DarkWater]

Wow, they actually turned off PCRE?  That's SO odd.  E-mail them and ask them to add --with-pcre-regex.

[schilly]

I have full access and probably more knowledge than my friend. Is this an easy fix? I've never done a manual compile of php.

[DarkWater]

PHP is pretty easy to install, but it can take a while if it's your first compilation of that version.

 

cd ~/place_where_you_untared_php

./configure --with-pcre-regex #and other stuff!

make

sudo make install

[aschk]

Wow, i loved seeing the '--disable-all' part of that php build string! There's security and then there's paranoia

[DarkWater]

Wow, i loved seeing the '--disable-all' part of that php build string! There's security and then there's paranoia

 

I know, I loved that part too!  I've never seen that option used at all, ever. O_O  Good thing you can't disable PCRE in PHP 5.3>.

[schilly]

Thanks for you help guys. I think I should be good now.