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Description: ------------ In a pattern parsed by preg_match, the 'backslash-w' meta-character (which is described as matches 'any "word" character') matches digits as well (i.e. [0-9]). This is true inside and outside of square-brackets. Reproduce code: --------------- $subject = "12345"; $result = preg_match('/\w+/i', $subject); echo "\w result: $result <br />"; $result = preg_match('/[a-z]+/i', $subject); echo "[a-z] result: $result <br />"; Expected result: ---------------- \w result: 0 [a-z] result: 0 Actual result: -------------- \w result: 1 [a-z] result: 0