1--TEST-- 2Test preg_match() function : basic functionality 3--FILE-- 4<?php 5$string = 'Hello, world. [*], this is \ a string'; 6 7var_dump(preg_match('/^[hH]ello,\s/', $string, $match1)); //finds "Hello, " 8var_dump($match1); 9 10var_dump(preg_match('/l^o,\s\w{5}/', $string, $match2, PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE)); // tries to find "lo, world" at start of string 11var_dump($match2); 12 13var_dump(preg_match('/\[\*\],\s(.*)/', $string, $match3)); //finds "[*], this is \ a string"; 14var_dump($match3); 15 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); 18 19var_dump(preg_match('/hello world/', $string, $match5)); //tries to find "hello world" (should be Hello, world) 20var_dump($match5); 21?> 22--EXPECT-- 23int(1) 24array(1) { 25 [0]=> 26 string(7) "Hello, " 27} 28int(0) 29array(0) { 30} 31int(1) 32array(2) { 33 [0]=> 34 string(23) "[*], this is \ a string" 35 [1]=> 36 string(18) "this is \ a string" 37} 38int(1) 39array(1) { 40 [0]=> 41 array(2) { 42 [0]=> 43 string(18) "this is \ a string" 44 [1]=> 45 int(19) 46 } 47} 48int(0) 49array(0) { 50} 51