RE: [PHP-DEV] regex operators

From: Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 15:18:14 +0000
Subject: RE: [PHP-DEV] regex operators
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On Tue, 14 Oct 2003, David Sklar wrote: > One thing that I suppose you get by using "case preg_match()" like George > does below (as opposed to my preg_case operator or Hartmut's callback) is > you can deal with arbitrary arguments to the preg_match() (or other) > function -- storing captured subpatterns from the regex, for example. Right, and as George's example already works I see no point in adding more 'magic' operators that look like Perl to me. Derick -- "Interpreting what the GPL actually means is a job best left to those that read the future by examining animal entrails." ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Derick Rethans http://derickrethans.nl/ International PHP Magazine http://php-mag.net/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------

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