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mb_ereg_search

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

mb_ereg_search — Multibyte regular expression match for predefined multibyte string

Description

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

Performs a multibyte regular expression match for a predefined multibyte string.

Parameters

pattern

The search pattern.

options

The search option. See mb_regex_set_options() for explanation.

Return Values

mb_ereg_search() returns true if the multibyte string matches with the regular expression, or false otherwise. The string for matching is set by mb_ereg_search_init(). If pattern is not specified, the previous one is used.

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_init() - Setup string and regular expression for a multibyte regular expression match