Hi internals, PHP enables bad_escape_is_literal by default when using pcre methods - this results in invalid escape-patterns (such as \i) being interpreted as a literal `i`. This option is documented in pcre as "a dangerous option. Use with care" - and the pcre author raised concern about PHP enabling this by default (see https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2362 ).
I agree and I'd like to propose to disable this in the next major version. The existing modifier to disable this (X - PCRE_EXTRA) can be removed as well. Would this require an RFC ? Cheers, Sjon
