What steps will reproduce the problem? 1. Using preg_match or any pcre function 2. 3.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

Not a segfault..

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I want this to be solved but it needs serious debugging.

By now, you can use a dirty workaround: "ereg" extension.

I think that the latest the php binary doesn't segfaults any more. However, It needs more testing before closing the issue.