--- /dev/null
+--TEST--
+Bug #40909 (pcre 7.0 regression)
+--FILE--
+<?php
+
+$pattern =
+"/\s([\w_\.\/]+)(?:=([\'\"]?(?:[\w\d\s\?=\(\)\.,'_#\/\\:;&-]|(?:\\\\\"|\\\')?)+[\'\"]?))?/";
+$context = "<simpletag an_attribute=\"simpleValueInside\">";
+
+$match = array();
+
+if ($result =preg_match_all($pattern, $context, $match))
+{
+
+var_dump($result);
+var_dump($match);
+}
+
+?>
+--EXPECT--
+int(1)
+array(3) {
+ [0]=>
+ array(1) {
+ [0]=>
+ string(33) " an_attribute="simpleValueInside""
+ }
+ [1]=>
+ array(1) {
+ [0]=>
+ string(12) "an_attribute"
+ }
+ [2]=>
+ array(1) {
+ [0]=>
+ string(19) ""simpleValueInside""
+ }
+}