Bug #77258 [NEW]: preq_quote() started to quote '#' since 7.3 even though it's not listed in docu

From: wilkowski dot kontakt at gmail dot com Operating system: Windows 10 PHP version: 7.3.0 Package: PCRE related Bug Type: Bug Bug description:preq_quote() started to quote '#' since 7.3 even though it's not listed in docu Description: ------------ preq_quote() started to quote '#' since 7.3 even though it's not listed in documentation Test script: --------------- echo preq_quote('#'); // results \# on 7.3+ echo preq_quote('#'); // results # on any other -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=77258&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77258&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77258&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77258&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77258&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77258&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77258&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77258&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77258&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77258&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77258&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77258&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77258&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77258&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77258&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77258&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77258&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77258&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77258&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77258&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77258&r=mysqlcfg