1--TEST-- 2Test preg_quote() function : basic functionality 3--FILE-- 4<?php 5/* 6* proto string preg_quote(string str [, string delim_char]) 7* Function is implemented in ext/pcre/php_pcre.c 8*/ 9$string_before = '/this *-has \ metacharacters^ in $'; 10print "\$string_before looks like: $string_before\n"; //$string_before is printed as is written 11$string_after = preg_quote($string_before, '/'); 12print "\$string_after looks like: $string_after, with metacharacters and / (set as delimiter) escaped\n"; //$string_after is printed with metacharacters escaped. 13$string1 = 'testing - /this *-has \ metacharacters^ in $ should work'; 14var_dump(preg_match('/^[tT]\w{6} - ' . preg_quote($string_before, '/') . ' [a-z]*\s*work$/', $string1, $matches1)); 15var_dump($matches1); 16?> 17--EXPECT-- 18 19$string_before looks like: /this *-has \ metacharacters^ in $ 20$string_after looks like: \/this \*\-has \\ metacharacters\^ in \$, with metacharacters and / (set as delimiter) escaped 21int(1) 22array(1) { 23 [0]=> 24 string(58) "testing - /this *-has \ metacharacters^ in $ should work" 25}