user1531557
Reputation: 63
PHP how to check there are more than 2 running same chars in a string
checking if a string has more than running one occurrence of same character.
like iiiiiiii or ssssss. maybe use preg_match but what pattern it should be?
Upvotes: 0
Views: 79
Answers (1)
Oscar Lidenbrock
Reputation: 816
Try with this regex:
$str = 'hello';
print preg_match('/([\w])\1{1,}/', $str); /*return true */
Upvotes: 3
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