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mb_ereg_match

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

mb_ereg_match — Regular expression match for multibyte string

Description

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

A regular expression match for a multibyte string

Note: pattern is only matched at the beginning of string.

Parameters

pattern

The regular expression pattern.

string

The string being evaluated.

options

The search option. See mb_regex_set_options() for explanation.

Return Values

Returns true if string matches the regular expression pattern, false if not.

Changelog

Version Description
8.0.0 options is 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.

See Also