PHP's preg_match() and preg_match_all() functions
What do the preg_match() and preg_match_al开发者_C百科l() functions do and how can I use them?
preg_match
stops looking after the first match. preg_match_all
, on the other hand, continues to look until it finishes processing the entire string. Once match is found, it uses the remainder of the string to try and apply another match.
http://php.net/manual/en/function.preg-match-all.php
Both preg_match and preg_match_all functions in PHP use Perl compatible regular expressions.
You can watch this series to fully understand Perl compatible regular expressions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVZOJ1rEnUg&list=PLfdtiltiRHWGRPyPMGuLPWuiWgEI9Kp1w
preg_match($pattern, $subject, &$matches, $flags, $offset)
The preg_match
function is used to search for a particular $pattern
in a $subject
string and when the pattern is found the first time, it stops searching for it. It outputs matches in the $matches
, where $matches[0]
will contain the text that matched the full pattern, $matches[1]
will have the text that matched the first captured parenthesized sub-pattern, and so on.
Example of preg_match()
<?php
preg_match(
"|<[^>]+>(.*)</[^>]+>|U",
"<b>example: </b><div align=left>this is a test</div>",
$matches
);
var_dump($matches);
Output:
array(2) {
[0]=>
string(16) "<b>example: </b>"
[1]=>
string(9) "example: "
}
preg_match_all($pattern, $subject, &$matches, $flags)
The preg_match_all
function searches for all the matches in a string and outputs them in a multi-dimensional array ($matches
) ordered according to $flags
. When no $flags
value is passed, it orders results so that $matches[0]
is an array of full pattern matches, $matches[1]
is an array of strings matched by the first parenthesized sub-pattern, and so on.
Example of preg_match_all()
<?php
preg_match_all(
"|<[^>]+>(.*)</[^>]+>|U",
"<b>example: </b><div align=left>this is a test</div>",
$matches
);
var_dump($matches);
Output:
array(2) {
[0]=>
array(2) {
[0]=>
string(16) "<b>example: </b>"
[1]=>
string(36) "<div align=left>this is a test</div>"
}
[1]=>
array(2) {
[0]=>
string(9) "example: "
[1]=>
string(14) "this is a test"
}
}
A concrete example:
preg_match("/find[ ]*(me)/", "find me find me", $matches):
$matches = Array(
[0] => find me
[1] => me
)
preg_match_all("/find[ ]*(me)/", "find me find me", $matches):
$matches = Array(
[0] => Array
(
[0] => find me
[1] => find me
)
[1] => Array
(
[0] => me
[1] => me
)
)
preg_grep("/find[ ]*(me)/", ["find me find me", "find me findme"]):
$matches = Array
(
[0] => find me find me
[1] => find me findme
)
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