preg_match

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preg_match - Perform a regular expression match
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Code Examples

Example #1 Getting the domain name out of a URL

Result: domain name is: php.net
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Example #2 Using named subpattern

Result: Array ( [0] => foobar: 2008 [name] => foobar [1] => foobar [digit] => 2008 [2] => 2008 )
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Example #3 Find the string of text "php"

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Example #4 Find the word "web"

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Example #5 of preg_match

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Function preg_match:

Regular Expressions (Perl-Compatible) Functions

Most used PHP functions