Set/Get the default options for mbregex functions (original) (raw)

mb_regex_set_options

(PHP 4 >= 4.3.0, PHP 5, PHP 7)

mb_regex_set_options — Set/Get the default options for mbregex functions

Description

mb_regex_set_options ([ string $options = mb_regex_set_options() ] ) : string

Sets the default options described by options for multibyte regex functions.

Parameters

options

The options to set. This is a string where each character is an option. To set a mode, the mode character must be the last one set, however there can only be set one mode but multiple options.

Regex options

Option Meaning
i Ambiguity match on
x Enables extended pattern form
m '.' matches with newlines
s '^' -> '\A', '$' -> '\Z'
p Same as both the m and s options
l Finds longest matches
n Ignores empty matches
e eval() resulting code

Regex syntax modes

Mode Meaning
j Java (Sun java.util.regex)
u GNU regex
g grep
c Emacs
r Ruby
z Perl
b POSIX Basic regex
d POSIX Extended regex

Return Values

The string that describes the current options is returned.

See Also