Use strpos() instead of preg_match() when searching for $req_uri at the head of the rewrite rule $match. This avoids regex compilation errors when $req_uri contains characters will special regex meaning. strpos() is also faster than preg_match().

git-svn-id: http://svn.automattic.com/wordpress/trunk@975 1a063a9b-81f0-0310-95a4-ce76da25c4cd

wp-blog-header.php

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ if (! empty($_SERVER['PATH_INFO'])) {
         foreach ($rewrite as $match => $query) {
             // If the request URI is the anchor of the match, prepend it
             // to the path info.
-            if (preg_match("!^$req_uri!", $match)) {
+            if (strpos($match, $req_uri) === 0) {
                 $pathinfomatch = $req_uri . '/' . $pathinfo;
             }