Doc #78168 [NEW]: Reference Format is \n instead of \\n

From: michael dot nique at gmx dot de Operating system: Linux PHP version: Irrelevant Package: Regexps related Bug Type: Documentation Problem Bug description:Reference Format is \n instead of \\n Description: ------------ --- From manual page: https://php.net/function.preg-replace --- The documentation states: "replacement may contain references of the form \\n or $n" I think it should be "\n" instead of "\\n", see test-script Test script: --------------- echo(preg_replace('/#.*#/', 'A\0B', '#test#')); Expected result: ---------------- A\0B Actual result: -------------- A#test#B -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=78168&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78168&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78168&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78168&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78168&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78168&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78168&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78168&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78168&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78168&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78168&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78168&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78168&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78168&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78168&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78168&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78168&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78168&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78168&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78168&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78168&r=mysqlcfg