#46398 [NEW]: highlight_string() removes backslashes

From: fromphp dot nethash69 at vano dot org Operating system: Windows XP Pro PHP version: 5.2.6 PHP Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem Bug description: highlight_string() removes backslashes Description: ------------ function highlight_string() removes backslashes Reproduce code: --------------- <?php $text = '<?php $blah = 1; \\this is a comment line with two backslashes at the beginning and one at the end:\ $blah = 2; ?>'; highlight_string($text); ?> Expected result: ---------------- Expected output in the browser: <?php $blah = 1; \\this is a comment line with two backslashes at the beginning and one at the end:\ $blah = 2; ?> Actual result: -------------- Actual output in the browser: <?php $blah = 1; this is a comment line with two backslashes at the beginning and one at the end: $blah = 2; ?> -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=46398&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46398&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46398&r=trysnapshot53 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46398&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46398&r=fixedcvs Fixed in CVS and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46398&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46398&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46398&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46398&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46398&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46398&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46398&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46398&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46398&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46398&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46398&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46398&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46398&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46398&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46398&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46398&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46398&r=mysqlcfg