#34560 [NEW]: preg_replace strips double backslashes from second argument

From: astax dot t at gmail dot com Operating system: Debian PHP version: 4.4.0 PHP Bug Type: PCRE related Bug description: preg_replace strips double backslashes from second argument Description: ------------ preg_replace strips double backslashes from the second passed argument, but keeps all other backslashes Reproduce code: --------------- $var = "a\\\\b\\c\\\""; # this is a string a\\b\c\" $subj = "this is a {sample} text"; echo preg_replace("/\{sample\}/", $var, $subj); Expected result: ---------------- this is a a\\b\c\" text Actual result: -------------- this is a a\b\c\" text -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=34560&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34560&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34560&r=trysnapshot50 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.1): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34560&r=trysnapshot51 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34560&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34560&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34560&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34560&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34560&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34560&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34560&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34560&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34560&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34560&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34560&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34560&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34560&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34560&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34560&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34560&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34560&r=mysqlcfg