note 117231 added to function.mb-ereg

mb_ereg() seems unable to Use "named subpattern". preg_match() seems a substitute only in UTF-8 encoding. <?php $text = 'multi_byte_string'; $pattern = '.*(?<name>string).*'; // "?P" causes "mbregex compile err" in PHP 5.3.5 if(mb_ereg($pattern, $text, $matches)){ echo '<pre>'.print_r($matches, true).'</pre>'; }else{ echo 'no match'; } ?> This code ignores "?<name>" in $pattern and displays below. Array ( [0] => multi_byte_string [1] => string ) $pattern = '/.*(?<name>string).*/u'; if(preg_match($pattern, $text, $matches)){ instead of lines 2 & 3 displays below (in UTF-8 encoding). Array ( [0] => multi_byte_string [name] => string [1] => string ) ---- Server IP: 49.212.134.217 Probable Submitter: 101.141.38.148 ---- Manual Page -- http://php.net/manual/en/function.mb-ereg.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/117231 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/117231/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/117231/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/117231/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/117231/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/117231/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/117231/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/117231 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/117231 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php