1--TEST-- 2Test preg_match() function : basic functionality 3--FILE-- 4<?php 5/* 6 * proto int preg_match(string pattern, string subject [, array subpatterns [, int flags [, int offset]]]) 7 * Function is implemented in ext/pcre/php_pcre.c 8*/ 9$string = 'Hello, world. [*], this is \ a string'; 10var_dump(preg_match('/^[hH]ello,\s/', $string, $match1)); //finds "Hello, " 11var_dump($match1); 12var_dump(preg_match('/l^o,\s\w{5}/', $string, $match2, PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE)); // tries to find "lo, world" at start of string 13var_dump($match2); 14var_dump(preg_match('/\[\*\],\s(.*)/', $string, $match3)); //finds "[*], this is \ a string"; 15var_dump($match3); 16var_dump(preg_match('@\w{4}\s\w{2}\s\\\(?:\s.*)@', $string, $match4, PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE, 14)); //finds "this is \ a string" (with non-capturing parentheses) 17var_dump($match4); 18var_dump(preg_match('/hello world/', $string, $match5)); //tries to find "hello world" (should be Hello, world) 19var_dump($match5); 20?> 21--EXPECTF-- 22int(1) 23array(1) { 24 [0]=> 25 string(7) "Hello, " 26} 27int(0) 28array(0) { 29} 30int(1) 31array(2) { 32 [0]=> 33 string(23) "[*], this is \ a string" 34 [1]=> 35 string(18) "this is \ a string" 36} 37int(1) 38array(1) { 39 [0]=> 40 array(2) { 41 [0]=> 42 string(18) "this is \ a string" 43 [1]=> 44 int(19) 45 } 46} 47int(0) 48array(0) { 49} 50