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Doc Bug #48332 Why are regular expressions mentioned in the section about double quoted string
Submitted: 2009-05-19 14:10 UTC Modified: 2009-05-19 14:17 UTC
From: jward at crinet dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Documentation problem
PHP Version: Irrelevant OS:
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
 [2009-05-19 14:10 UTC] jward at crinet dot com
Description:
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Why are regular expressions mentioned in the section about double quoted string?
On what string do the regex operate on? Where are the results? Where is the example?

What could "foo \[0-7]{1,3}" mean? and why would any one write it?

Reproduce code:
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From manual page: language.types.string
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 [2009-05-19 14:17 UTC] rquadling@php.net
The regular expression is describing how to write an octal number.

\0 to \777


 
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