Re: String BC break \{$a}

php.internals

Christian Schneider

19 years ago
Tomas Kuliavas wrote:
> It was changed in 5.1.0-5.1.1 versions. > > According to PHP Manual (http://www.php.net/language.types.string) curly > brackets are not escaped with backslash. Escape worked in older PHP > versions. It does not work in 5.1.1+. > > http://bugs.php.net/31341 > http://bugs.php.net/35411
These two (fixed and closed) bugs diff from mine I think: 31341: $ \{ => $ \{ vs. 35411: \{$string} => {$string} vs. my problem with PHP 5.1.5/5.2.1: \${string} => \{abc} vs. PHP4: \{$string} => {abc} So with PHP 5.1.5 and PHP 5.2.1 curly braces *are* escaped (they are still output) but the backslash is output as well. If they would not be escaped at all I would have expected \abc. I still think the PHP4 way has the lowest WTF factor. Is this behaviour an oversight (and I should open a bug report) or is this intentional? I'm still not sure. - Chris