mb_regex_set_options
(PHP 4 >= 4.3.0, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
mb_regex_set_options — Set/Get the default options for mbregex functions
Description
$options
= null
): string
Sets the default options described by options
for multibyte regex functions.
Parameters
-
options
-
The options to set. This is a string where each character is an option. To set a mode, the mode character must be the last one set, however there can only be set one mode but multiple options.
Regex options Option Meaning i Ambiguity match on x Enables extended pattern form m '.'
matches with newliness '^'
->'\A'
,'$'
->'\Z'
p Same as both the m
ands
optionsl Finds longest matches n Ignores empty matches e eval() resulting code Regex syntax modes Mode Meaning j Java (Sun java.util.regex) u GNU regex g grep c Emacs r Ruby z Perl b POSIX Basic regex d POSIX Extended regex
Return Values
The previous options. If options
is omitted or null
,
it returns the string that describes the current options.
Changelog
Version | Description |
---|---|
8.0.0 |
If the parameter options is given and not null , the previous
options are returned. Formerly, the current options have been returned.
|
8.0.0 |
options is nullable now.
|
See Also
- mb_split() - Split multibyte string using regular expression
- mb_ereg() - Regular expression match with multibyte support
- mb_eregi() - Regular expression match ignoring case with multibyte support