From a22938b1300716e52a216a98d67de83931716f9a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brian Moon <brianlmoon@php.net>
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 15:02:02 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fixed bad definition of preg_quote.

git-svn-id: https://svn.php.net/repository/phpdoc/en/trunk@28622 c90b9560-bf6c-de11-be94-00142212c4b1
---
 functions/pcre.xml | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/functions/pcre.xml b/functions/pcre.xml
index 9e939aa451..87862f6eb4 100644
--- a/functions/pcre.xml
+++ b/functions/pcre.xml
@@ -388,6 +388,7 @@ $keywords = preg_split ("/[\s,]+/", "hypertext language, programming");
      <funcprototype>
       <funcdef>string <function>preg_quote</function></funcdef>
       <paramdef>string <parameter>str</parameter></paramdef>
+     <paramdef>string <parameter><optional>delimiter</optional></parameter></paramdef>
      </funcprototype>
     </funcsynopsis>
     <para>
@@ -397,10 +398,25 @@ $keywords = preg_split ("/[\s,]+/", "hypertext language, programming");
      run-time string that you need to match in some text and the
      string may contain special regex characters.
     </para>
+    <para>
+     If the optional <parameter>delimiter</parameter> is specified, it
+     will also be escaped.  This is useful for escaping the delimeter
+     that is required by the PCRE functions. The / is the most commonly
+     used delimiter.</para>
     <para>
      The special regular expression characters are:
      <screen>. \\ + * ? [ ^ ] $ ( ) { } = ! &lt; > | :</screen>
     </para>
+    <para>
+     <example>
+      <title>Examples:</title>
+      <programlisting role="php">
+$keywords="$40 for a g3/400";
+$keywords = preg_quote ($keywords, "/");
+echo $keywords; // returns \$40 for a g3\/400
+      </programlisting>
+     </example>
+    </para>
    </refsect1>
   </refentry>