svn: /phpdoc/en/trunk/reference/pcre/ pattern.syntax.xml

pierrick Wed, 05 May 2010 20:57:06 +0000 Revision: http://svn.php.net/viewvc?view=revision&revision=299033 Log: # More understandable explanation of how named subpattern work Changed paths: U phpdoc/en/trunk/reference/pcre/pattern.syntax.xml Modified: phpdoc/en/trunk/reference/pcre/pattern.syntax.xml =================================================================== --- phpdoc/en/trunk/reference/pcre/pattern.syntax.xml 2010-05-05 20:52:53 UTC (rev 299032) +++ phpdoc/en/trunk/reference/pcre/pattern.syntax.xml 2010-05-05 20:57:06 UTC (rev 299033) @@ -1279,10 +1279,10 @@ </para> <para> - It is possible to name the subpattern with - <literal>(?P&lt;name&gt;pattern)</literal> since PHP 4.3.3. Array with - matches will contain the match indexed by the string alongside the match - indexed by a number, then. + As of PHP 4.3.3, it is possible to name a subpattern using the syntax + <literal>(?P&lt;name&gt;pattern)</literal>. This subpattern will then + be indexed in the matches array by its normal numeric position and + also by name. </para> </section>