1--TEST-- 2Bug #20528 (preg_split() drops characters (re-opens Bug #15413)) 3--FILE-- 4<?php 5 $data = '(#11/19/2002#)'; 6 var_dump(preg_split('/\b/', $data)); 7?> 8--EXPECT-- 9array(7) { 10 [0]=> 11 string(2) "(#" 12 [1]=> 13 string(2) "11" 14 [2]=> 15 string(1) "/" 16 [3]=> 17 string(2) "19" 18 [4]=> 19 string(1) "/" 20 [5]=> 21 string(4) "2002" 22 [6]=> 23 string(2) "#)" 24} 25