--TEST-- Bug #20528 (preg_split() drops characters (re-opens Bug #15413)) --FILE-- <?php $data = '(#11/19/2002#)'; var_dump(preg_split('/\b/', $data)); ?> --EXPECT-- array(7) { [0]=> string(2) "(#" [1]=> string(2) "11" [2]=> string(1) "/" [3]=> string(2) "19" [4]=> string(1) "/" [5]=> string(4) "2002" [6]=> string(2) "#)" }