PHP 4.0 Bug #10038: preg_replace("/([_%&])/","\\\\1",$text) does not work as expected

From: Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 17:14:47 +0000
Subject: PHP 4.0 Bug #10038: preg_replace("/([_%&])/","\\\\1",$text) does not work as expected
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From: reeg-pb@junetz.de Operating system: Linux (Debian) PHP version: 4.0.4pl1 PHP Bug Type: PCRE related Bug description: preg_replace("/([_%&])/","\\\\1",$text) does not work as expected Hello, I want to replace _ with \_, % with \% and & with \&. Under PHP4.0.3pl1 (tested) and lower the following Code worked as expected: <?php $text = "Test with_ and %"; $text = preg_replace("/([_%&])/","\\\\1",$text); echo $text; ?> But under PHP4.0.4pl1 the output is: Test with\\1 and \\1 PHP is compiled as Module with Apache. Thank you, Christoph -- Edit Bug report at: http://bugs.php.net/?id=10038&edit=1

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