note 89418 added to function.preg-match

I just learned about named groups from a Python friend today and was curious if PHP supported them, guess what -- it does!!! http://www.regular-expressions.info/named.html <?php preg_match("/(?P<foo>abc)(.*)(?P<bar>xyz)/", 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz', $matches); print_r($matches); ?> will produce: Array ( [0] => abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz [foo] => abc [1] => abc [2] => defghijklmnopqrstuvw [bar] => xyz [3] => xyz ) Note that you actually get the named group as well as the numerical key value too, so if you do use them, and you're counting array elements, be aware that your array might be bigger than you initially expect it to be. ---- Server IP: 208.69.120.35 Probable Submitter: 206.169.197.253 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.preg-match.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/89418 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/89418/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/89418/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/89418/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/89418/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/89418/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/89418/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/89418 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/89418 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php