preg_match_all
PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8
preg_match_all - Perform a global regular expression match
Example #1 Find matching HTML tags (greedy)
Result: matched: <b>bold text</b>
part 1: <b>
part 2: b
part 3: bold text
part 4: </b>
matched: <a href=howdy.html>click me</a>
part 1: <a href=howdy.html>
part 2: a
part 3: click me
part 4: </a>
Example #2 Using named subpattern
Result: Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[0] => a: 1
[1] => b: 2
[2] => c: 3
)
[name] => Array
(
[0] => a
[1] => b
[2] => c
)
[1] => Array
(
[0] => a
[1] => b
[2] => c
)
[digit] => Array
(
[0] => 1
[1] => 2
[2] => 3
)
[2] => Array
(
[0] => 1
[1] => 2
[2] => 3
)
)