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| -rw-r--r-- | extensions/Example/Extension.pm | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/extensions/Example/Extension.pm b/extensions/Example/Extension.pm index 885a8e8ff..c0b3c6210 100644 --- a/extensions/Example/Extension.pm +++ b/extensions/Example/Extension.pm @@ -371,7 +371,13 @@ sub error_catch { my $new_error_msg = "Ah ah, you tried to access $page_id? Good try!"; $new_error_msg = html_quote($new_error_msg); # There are better tools to parse an HTML page, but it's just an example. - $$page =~ s/(?<=<td id="error_msg" class="throw_error">).*(?=<\/td>)/$new_error_msg/si; + # Since Perl 5.16, we can no longer write "class" inside look-behind + # assertions, because "ss" is also seen as the german ß character, which + # makes Perl 5.16 complain. The right fix is to use the /aa modifier, + # but it's only understood since Perl 5.14. So the workaround is to write + # "clas[s]" instead of "class". Stupid and ugly hack, but it works with + # all Perl versions. + $$page =~ s/(?<=<td id="error_msg" clas[s]="throw_error">).*(?=<\/td>)/$new_error_msg/si; } sub flag_end_of_update { |