pcre_compile() failed: unrecognized character after (?<

[Igor Sysoev]

On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 04:40:05PM +0300, Peter Leonov wrote:

> IMHO, this is a pcre version issue. Old versions do not support named  
> selections.
> 
> Could you please try to update your system pcre library or just  
> compile the latest lib version in nginx using --with-pcre=/path/to/ 
> custom/pcre

The alternatvie syntax "?P<...>" can be used. It's old enough.

> On 11.12.2009, at 16:10, Phillip Oldham <phill at activityhq.com> wrote:
> 
> > server {
> >   server_name   ~^test\.(?<domain>.+)$;
> >
> >   location / {
> >       root  /sites/$domain;
> >   }
> > }
> >
> > # nginx -t
> > [emerg]: pcre_compile() failed: unrecognized character after (?< in  
> > "^test\.(?<domain>.+)$" at "domain>.+)$" in /etc/nginx/vhosts/ 
> > testdomain:11
> > configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test failed
> > # nginx -V
> > nginx version: nginx/0.8.29
> > built by gcc 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-44)
> > TLS SNI support disabled
> > configure arguments: --prefix=/etc/nginx --sbin-path=/usr/sbin/nginx  
> > --conf-path=/etc/nginx/nginx.conf --error-log-path=/var/log/nginx/ 
> > error.log --pid-path=/var/run/nginx.pid --with-rtsig_module --with- 
> > select_module --with-poll_module --with-http_ssl_module --with- 
> > http_stub_status_module --with-http_gzip_static_module --with- 
> > http_dav_module --with-http_flv_module --with-http_xslt_module -- 
> > with-http_random_index_module --with-http_image_filter_module --http- 
> > log-path=/var/log/nginx/access.log --with-md5=/usr/lib --with-sha1=/ 
> > usr/lib --with-http_perl_module
> >
> > Can't tell what I'm doing wrong. Advice please?


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