note 69783 deleted from function.preg-match by felipe
| From: | felipe@php.net | Date: | Mon, 10 Dec 2007 01:43:56 +0000 |
| Subject: | note 69783 deleted from function.preg-match by felipe | ||
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Note Submitter: preg regexp
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If you want to have perl equivalent regexp match:
$`, $& and $'
before the match, the match itself, after the match
Here's one way to do it:
echo preg_match("/(.*?)(and)(.*)/", "this and that",$matches);
print_r($matches);
$` = ${1};
$& = ${2};
$' = ${3};
Notice (.*) else the end won't match.
Note that if you only need $&, simply use ${0}.
Here's another way, which is a bit simpler to remember:
echo preg_match("/^(.*?)(and)(.*?)$/", "this and that",$matches);
print_r($matches);