# escaping braces

- Thread: https://externals.io/message/23066
- Original archive: https://news-web.php.net/php.internals/23066
- Started by Brian Moon on 2006-05-01T19:53:28+00:00
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## #23066 — Brian Moon — 2006-05-01T19:53:28+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/23066#23066

There are severals bugs about this and I would like some clarification.

http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=35527
http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=37263


Reproduce:
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<?php

$string="abc";

echo "... {$string} ...\n";
echo "... \{$string} ...\n";

?>


PHP4:
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... abc ...
... {abc} ...


PHP 5.1.2:
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... abc ...
... \{abc} ...


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Now, I can see changing it so that {} is not escapable.  However, it is 
being escaped.  The {} are not being evaluted with the variable in 
5.1.2.  However, the \ is being left in the string.  IMO, you can't have 
it both ways.

I expect from PHP5:
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... abc ...
... \abc ...

Also, this is not listed in the upgrade notes at all 
http://www.php.net/README_UPGRADE_51.php.

Thanks,

Brian Moon
dealnews.com