Re: preg_match

On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 9:20 AM, Nikita Popov <nikita.ppv@googlemail.com> wrote: > The most common use for preg_match is validation: > > if (!preg_match('~...~', $string)) { /* do something */ } > > Here $matches is not required, only the 0/1 return value of preg_match is of > interest. > > Furthermore, even if you need $matches, you should always combine it with an > if: > > if (!preg_match('~...~', $string, $matches)) { /* do something with $matches > */ } > > Otherwise you will access $matches even though the match failed (which will > result in errors). > > Thus: There is no need to change behavior here. That is just one use case as i see it its very cluncky to use this in case you want to extract matches, you need to initilize the $matches variable beforehad or you get a notice, so a simple extract is now 3 lines of code. Thus, that is the reason why i suggest a new preg_extract function that would handle the other use cases in a optimized way. -- Rafael Dohms PHP Evangelist and Community Leader http://www.rafaeldohms.com.br http://www.phpsp.org.br