mb_ereg_search_init
(PHP 4 >= 4.2.0, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
mb_ereg_search_init — Setup string and regular expression for a multibyte regular expression match
Description
$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.
See Also
- mb_regex_encoding() - Set/Get character encoding for multibyte regex
- mb_ereg_search_regs() - Returns the matched part of a multibyte regular expression