While using swiftmailer with apache 2, php 5.4.7 (XAMPP 1.8.1) I get the following warning and fails to deliver the message:
preg_match(): Compilation failed: internal error: previously-checked referenced subpattern not found at offset 4246
at swiftmailer/library/classes/Swift/Mime/Headers/MailboxHeader.php on line 306
The regexp in question is the following:
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The problem only occurs when the page is served through apache. When I run a copy the regexp to a test file and validate against that, it does not issue the warning.
I have temporarily "solved" the problem by removing the validation altogether. However, I hope there is a better solution.
Thank you!