PCRE limit

pcre-limit-test.php

<?php
// This test script is designed to be run from the command line.
// It measures the subject string length that results in a
// PREG_RECURSION_LIMIT_ERROR error in the preg_match() function.

echo("Entering TEST.PHP...\n");

// Set and display pcre.recursion_limit. (set to stacksize / 500).
// Under Win32 httpd.exe has a stack = 256KB and 8MB for php.exe.
//ini_set("pcre.recursion_limit", "524");       // Stacksize = 256KB.
ini_set("pcre.recursion_limit", "16777");   // Stacksize = 8MB.
echo(sprintf("PCRE pcre.recursion_limit is set to %s\n",
    ini_get("pcre.recursion_limit")));

function parseAPIResults($results){
    $pattern = "/\[(.|\n)+\]/";
    $resultsArray = preg_match($pattern, $results, $matches);
    if ($resultsArray === 1) {
        $msg = 'Successful match.';
    } else {
        // Either an unsuccessful match, or a PCRE error occurred.
        $pcre_err = preg_last_error();  // PHP 5.2 and above.
        if ($pcre_err === PREG_NO_ERROR) {
            $msg = 'Successful non-match.';
        } else {
            // preg_match error!
            switch ($pcre_err) {
                case PREG_INTERNAL_ERROR:
                    $msg = 'PREG_INTERNAL_ERROR';
                    break;
                case PREG_BACKTRACK_LIMIT_ERROR:
                    $msg = 'PREG_BACKTRACK_LIMIT_ERROR';
                    break;
                case PREG_RECURSION_LIMIT_ERROR:
                    $msg = 'PREG_RECURSION_LIMIT_ERROR';
                    break;
                case PREG_BAD_UTF8_ERROR:
                    $msg = 'PREG_BAD_UTF8_ERROR';
                    break;
                case PREG_BAD_UTF8_OFFSET_ERROR:
                    $msg = 'PREG_BAD_UTF8_OFFSET_ERROR';
                    break;
                default:
                    $msg = 'Unrecognized PREG error';
                    break;
            }
        }
    }
    return($msg);
}

// Build a matching test string of increasing size.
function buildTestString() {
    static $content = "";
    $content .= "A";
    return '['. $content .']';
}

// Find subject string length that results in error.
for (;;) { // Infinite loop. Break out.
    $str = buildTestString();
    $msg = parseAPIResults($str);
    printf("Length =%10d\r", strlen($str));
    if ($msg !== 'Successful match.') break;
}

echo(sprintf("\nPCRE_ERROR = \"%s\" at subject string length = %d\n",
    $msg, strlen($str)));

echo("Exiting TEST.PHP...");

?>