preg_quote_basic.phpt [plain text]
--TEST--
Test preg_quote() function : basic functionality
--FILE--
<?php
$string_before = '/this *-has \ metacharacters^ in $';
print "\$string_before looks like: $string_before\n"; $string_after = preg_quote($string_before, '/');
print "\$string_after looks like: $string_after, with metacharacters and / (set as delimiter) escaped\n"; $string1 = 'testing - /this *-has \ metacharacters^ in $ should work';
var_dump(preg_match('/^[tT]\w{6} - ' . preg_quote($string_before, '/') . ' [a-z]*\s*work$/', $string1, $matches1));
var_dump($matches1);
?>
--EXPECT--
$string_before looks like: /this *-has \ metacharacters^ in $
$string_after looks like: \/this \*\-has \\ metacharacters\^ in \$, with metacharacters and / (set as delimiter) escaped
int(1)
array(1) {
[0]=>
string(58) "testing - /this *-has \ metacharacters^ in $ should work"
}