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mb_ereg_search_init

(PHP 4 >= 4.2.0, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

mb_ereg_search_initSetup string and regular expression for a multibyte regular expression match

Description

mb_ereg_search_init(string $string, ?string $pattern = null, ?string $options = null): bool

mb_ereg_search_init() sets string and pattern for a multibyte regular expression. These values are used for mb_ereg_search(), mb_ereg_search_pos(), and mb_ereg_search_regs().

Parameters

string

The search string.

pattern

The search pattern.

options

The search option. See mb_regex_set_options() for explanation.

Return Values

Returns true on success or false on failure.

Changelog

Version Description
8.0.0 pattern and options are nullable now.

Notes

Note:

The internal encoding or the character encoding specified by mb_regex_encoding() will be used as the character encoding for this function.

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