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Doc Bug #64876 preg_quote is about escaping, not quoting
Submitted: 2013-05-18 07:53 UTC Modified: 2013-06-24 23:18 UTC
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From: david at grudl dot com Assigned: philip (profile)
Status: Closed Package: Documentation problem
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 [2013-05-18 07:53 UTC] david at grudl dot com 
Description:
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There is a wrong description for function preg_quote at http://php.net/manual/en/function.preg-quote.php:

Description:
> preg_quote — Quote regular expression characters

Return value: 
> Returns the quoted string.

Correct description:
> preg_quote — Escapes special characters used by regular expression. Name of this function is wrong, it has nothing to do with quoting.

Correct Return value: 
> Returns the escaped string.

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 [2013-05-19 13:34 UTC] cmbecker69 at gmx dot de 
IMO the terms "quote"/"quoting" are absolutely fine here.
Cf. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quoting_(shell)>.
 [2013-06-24 23:17 UTC] philip@php.net 
Automatic comment from SVN on behalf of philip
Revision: http://svn.php.net/viewvc/?view=revision&amp;revision=330635
Log: Added the word escaped to help deal with PHP Bug #64876 and added a 'See Also' for good measure.
 [2013-06-24 23:18 UTC] philip@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Closed -Assigned To: +Assigned To: philip
 [2013-06-24 23:18 UTC] philip@php.net 
The word "escaped" was added to the return description, but "quote" is fine here 
as the function is named preg_quote(). The overall description clarifies the 
behavior of this function.

Thank you for the bug report.
 
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