#48332 [NEW]: Why are regular expressions mentioned in the section about double quoted string

From: jward at crinet dot com Operating system: PHP version: Irrelevant PHP Bug Type: Documentation problem Bug description: Why are regular expressions mentioned in the section about double quoted string Description: ------------ Why are regular expressions mentioned in the section about double quoted string? On what string do the regex operate on? Where are the results? Where is the example? What could "foo \[0-7]{1,3}" mean? and why would any one write it? Reproduce code: --------------- --- From manual page: language.types.string --- -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=48332&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48332&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48332&r=trysnapshot53 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48332&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48332&r=fixedcvs Fixed in CVS and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48332&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48332&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48332&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48332&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48332&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48332&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48332&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48332&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48332&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48332&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48332&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48332&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48332&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48332&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48332&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48332&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=48332&r=mysqlcfg