From: Andreas dot Klauer at metamorpher dot de Operating system: PHP version: 5.3.15 Package: PCRE related Bug Type: Bug Bug description:Impossible to escape/match delimiters within \Q \E
Description: ------------ PCRE allows literal matches of strings between \Q and \E. This is also documented, \Q.$.\E will match literal .$. However, if that literal string contains the regexp delimiter (/ or # or ~ or () or whichever you choose), the regexp compile either fails, or the match fails because it tries to match the escape char used to escape the delimiter. The problem is php_pcre::pcre_get_compiled_regex_cache() which parses the delimiter, not taking \Q \E in account. Delimiters between \Q \E should be treated as literal characters, not delimiters (that's what Perl does); or alternatively if delimiters have to be escaped, the escape char should be removed from the pattern. Workaround: Use preg_quote() instead of \Q \E if there's a chance the delimiter may appear within \Q \E Test script: --------------- preg_replace("/\Q/#~\E/", ...); => Warning: preg_replace(): Unknown modifier '#' in php shell code on line 1 preg_replace("/\Q\/#~\E/", "OK", "/#~"); => "/#~" (expected "OK") preg_replace("/\Q\/#~\E/", "FAIL", "\/#~") => "FAIL" (expected "\/#~"); -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=62646&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62646&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62646&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62646&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62646&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62646&r=needdocs Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62646&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62646&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62646&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62646&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62646&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62646&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62646&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62646&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62646&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62646&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62646&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62646&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62646&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62646&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62646&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62646&r=mysqlcfg