Match array not initialized and filled in expect_expectl in PHP 7.4.33

[lachbaer]

I experience the problem in PHP 7.4.33 that the match array is not initialized and populated. It keeps the state and value it has before calling expect_expectl, no matter how or if it was declared and defined before the call. Beside that expect_expectl works as intended, recognizes all mateches and returns the corresponding values.

When initializing it as in array, it once worked, but after the last weekend it stopped working again and shows the same irrational behaviour as above.

$match=[];
expect_expectl ($stream, array (
    array ("Username: ", "USERNAME"), //TELNET USER NAME
    array ("password: ", "PASSWORD"), // SSH is asking for password
    array ("Password: ", "PASSWORD1"), // SSH is asking for password
    array ("yes/no)?", "YESNO"), // SSH is asking whether to store the host entry
    array ("# ", "SHELL", EXP_EXACT) //We've got the shell!
    ), $match);

[romeor]

any updates on this one? got the same issue. $match is always empty.