note 76653 added to function.preg-match

Match and replace for arrays. Useful for parsing entire $_POST Only array_preg_match examples: <?php function array_preg_match(array $patterns, array $subjects, &$errors = array()) { $errors = array(); foreach ($patterns as $k => $v) preg_match($v, $subjects[$k]) or $errors[$k] = TRUE; return count($errors) == 0 ? TRUE : FALSE; } function array_preg_replace(array $patterns, array $replacements, array $subject) { $r = array(); foreach ($patterns as $k => $v) $r[$k] = preg_replace($v, $replacements[$k], $subject[$k]); return $r+$subject; } $arr1 = array('name' => 'Alexandre', 'phone' => '44559999'); $arr2 = array('name' => '', 'phone' => '44559999c'); array_preg_match(array( 'name' => '#.+#', //Not empty 'phone' => '#^$|(\d[^\D])+#' // Only digits, optional ), $arr1, $match_errors); print_r($match_errors); // Empty, it is ok. array_preg_match(array( 'name' => '#.+#', //Not empty 'phone' => '#^$|(\d[^\D])+#' // Only digits, optional ), $arr2, $match_errors); print_r($match_errors); // Two indexes, name and phone, both not ok. ?> ---- Server IP: 200.185.109.13 Probable Submitter: 201.74.16.132 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.preg-match.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/76653 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/76653/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/76653/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/76653/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/76653/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/76653/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/76653/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/76653 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/76653 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php