Bug #18531: preg_ function and slashes

From: ivk@jensentechnologies.com Operating system: Windows 2000 PHP version: 4.2.2 PHP Bug Type: PCRE related Bug description: preg_ function and slashes $_ = 'test\\string'; $_ = preg_replace('/\\/i', 'A', $_); echo $_; doesn't replace (in php 4.2.0 it works!) and $_ = 'test\\string'; $_ = preg_replace('/\\\/i', 'A', $_); echo $_; works. I think is a bug -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=18531&edit=1 -- Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18531&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18531&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18531&r=needtrace Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18531&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18531&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18531&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18531&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18531&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=18531&r=globals