note 54592 added to function.quotemeta

$pattern = preg_replace("/\|/", "\\|", quote_meta($pattern)); would probably be better written as: $pattern = str_replace("|", "\\|", quote_meta($pattern)); This will more effecient (especially in tight loops) than using a regex pattern. ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.quotemeta.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+54592 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54592&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54592&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54592&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54592&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54592&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54592&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+54592&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php