note 83177 added to function.preg-match

Does preg_match support backreferences ? ex: preg_match("(.)(.)a\2\1","abaaba",$mats); It works fine in ultraedit , but seems not working in PHP . ---- Server IP: 140.113.54.119 Probable Submitter: 60.248.11.19 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.preg-match.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/83177 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/83177/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/83177/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/83177/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/83177/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/83177/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/83177/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/83177 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/83177 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php