CODEWITHSUNDEEP
phpregex
RCKY
RCKY

Reputation: 43

Perform a global/iterative search in mb_ereg_match

I actually try to reimplement some functionality of a component to provide proper utf-8 support. Is it possible to perform a global (iterative) match (g modifier, which in preg_match it is set by default)?

$pattern = 'du\@de\.com';
$whitespacedDude = ' du \@ de\. com  ';
$globalDude = 'a global [email protected]';
$dude       = '[email protected]';

var_dump(preg_match("/$pattern/", $globalDude, $matches));
var_dump(preg_match("/$whitespacedDude/x", $dude, $matches));

var_dump(mb_ereg_match("$pattern", $globalDude));
var_dump(mb_ereg_match("$whitespacedDude", $dude, 'x'));

Gives:

true
true
false // this one should be true
true

Actually im doing a workaround via mb_ereg_search to simulate the global matching. Is there another/better way?

Thank you.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 403

Answers (1)

hakre
hakre

Reputation: 198194

mb_ereg_match tests for matches from the beginning only. You need to change your pattern and allow any characters upfront:

var_dump(mb_ereg_match(".*$pattern", $globalDude));

Upvotes: 1

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