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Note that this function matches a string from the beginning only (though not necessarily till the end):
<?php
$test = mb_ereg_match("a", "some apples"); // returns false
$test = mb_ereg_match("a", "a kiwi"); // returns true
?>
If you want to check for a match anywhere in the string, use the wild-card & repeat operators .*
<?php
$test = mb_ereg_match(".*a", "some apples"); // returns true
?>
mb_ereg_match
(PHP 4 >= 4.2.0, PHP 5)
mb_ereg_match — Regular expression match for multibyte string
Description
bool mb_ereg_match
( string
$pattern
, string $string
[, string $option = "msr"
] )A regular expression match for a multibyte string
Return Values
Returns TRUE if
string matches the regular expression
pattern, FALSE if not.
Notes
Note:
The internal encoding or the character encoding specified by mb_regex_encoding() will be used as the character encoding for this function.
See Also
- mb_regex_encoding() - Set/Get character encoding for multibyte regex
- mb_ereg() - Regular expression match with multibyte support
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User Contributed Notes
mb_ereg_match - [2 notes]
Anonymous ¶
4 years ago
patryk dot szczyglowski at gmail dot com ¶
4 years ago
'option' parameter has the same syntax as 'option' parameter from 'mb_regex_set_options' function.