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mb_ereg_search

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

Multibyte regular expression match for predefined multibyte string

Description

mb_ereg_search(string|null $pattern = null, string|null $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

VersionDescription
8.0.0pattern and options are nullable now.

Notes Internal

See Also

Source: reference/mbstring/functions/mb-ereg-search.xml · from the official PHP manual (php/doc-en)