Doc #64391 [Opn]: Contrary to the docs, "§" can't be used as delimiter

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=64391&edit=1 ID: 64391 Updated by: salathe@php.net Reported by: th dot geist at gmail dot com Summary: Contrary to the docs, "§" can't be used as delimiter Status: Open Type: Documentation Problem Package: Documentation problem PHP Version: 5.4.12 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: The "§" character that you are trying to use consists of two bytes, while PCRE only looks for one byte for a delimiter character. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-03-08 12:51:03] th dot geist at gmail dot com Description: ------------ --- From manual page: http://www.php.net/regexp.reference.delimiters --- In the documentation, it says "A delimiter can be any non-alphanumeric, non-backslash, non-whitespace character.". This isn't true. For example, the section sign "§" can't be used as a delimiter. Test script: --------------- preg_match("§hello§", "hello"); Expected result: ---------------- Match successful Actual result: -------------- Error output: "preg_match(): " ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=64391&edit=1