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+<?php
+/**
+*
+* @package testing
+* @copyright (c) 2010 phpBB Group
+* @license http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.php GNU Public License
+*
+*/
+
+require_once __DIR__ . '/../../phpBB/includes/functions.php';
+
+class phpbb_regex_censor_test extends phpbb_test_case
+{
+	public function censor_test_data()
+	{
+		return array(
+			array('bad*word', 'bad word'),
+			array('bad***word', 'bad word'),
+			array('bad**word', 'bad word'),
+			array('*bad*word*', 'bad word'),
+			array('b*d', 'bad'),
+			array('*bad*', 'bad'),
+			array('*b*d*', 'bad'),
+			array('*b*d*', 'b d'),
+			array('b*d*word', 'bad word'),
+			array('**b**d**word**', 'bad word'),
+			array('**b**d**word**', 'the bad word catched'),
+		);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	* @dataProvider censor_test_data
+	*/
+	public function test_censor($pattern, $subject)
+	{
+		$regex = get_censor_preg_expression($pattern);
+
+		$this->assertRegExp($regex, $subject);
+	}
+}
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