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Doc Bug #46574 Literal backslashes before other backslashes should also be escaped
Submitted: 2008-11-14 13:06 UTC Modified: 2008-11-14 15:10 UTC
From: francois at bonzon dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Documentation problem
PHP Version: Irrelevant OS: BPJZ
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
 [2008-11-14 13:06 UTC] francois at bonzon dot com
Description:
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http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.types.string.php#language.types.st
ring.syntax.single says:

"To specify a literal backslash before a single quote, or at the end of 
the string, double it (\\)."

This is incomplete, It should be added "before another backslash". Like 
this:

"To specify a literal backslash before a single quote, before another 
backslash, or at the end of the string, double it (\\)."






Reproduce code:
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To echo a literal single-quoted string containing only two backslash characters, I start by writing the enclosing quotes and the two backslashes themselves:

echo '\\';

Then I should escape the second backslash, because it is "at the end of the string". It gives

echo '\\\';

The first backslash, according the documentation, should not escaped, because it is neither before a single quote or at the end of the string.

Expected result:
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Two backslashes are echoed.

Actual result:
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Parse error.

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 [2008-11-14 15:10 UTC] sean@php.net
Duplicate of #44397
 
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