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