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Bug #36444 preg_quote harms strings encoded in UTF8
Submitted: 2006-02-18 17:33 UTC Modified: 2006-02-18 18:12 UTC
From: mark at openmailadmin dot org Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: PCRE related
PHP Version: 5.1.2 OS: GNU/Linux
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2006-02-18 17:33 UTC] mark at openmailadmin dot org 
Description:
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If the given string has been encoded in UTF8, it will be returned in IS-8859-1 - but with the special chars destroyed.

Reproduce code:
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$string = 'F?cherwahl'; // with German ä in UTF8
echo $string."\n";
echo preg_quote($string)."\n";
// the latter will have its umlaut destroyed.


Expected result:
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Two (binary) identic strings.


Actual result:
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Actually they differ.

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 [2006-02-18 18:12 UTC] mike@php.net 
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