note 83822 added to ref.regex

php at erikjan dot net said that to test for a whole word, use [[:<:]]yourword[[:>:]] But it doesn't work with Unicode characters. Does anyone have a way to do it with Unicode? In other words // If $pattern is supposed to be a whole word if ($pattern == utf8_encode($pattern)) $pattern = "[[:<:]]{$pattern}[[:>:]]"; else $pattern = ?????????????????????? // That's the missing link Thanks! ---- Server IP: 82.80.248.162 Probable Submitter: 62.219.97.89 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.regex.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/83822 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/83822/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/83822/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/83822/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/83822/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/83822/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/83822/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/83822 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/83822 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php