mb_ereg_search_init

(PHP 4 >= 4.2.0, PHP 5)

mb_ereg_search_init — Setup string and regular expression for a multibyte regular expression match

Description

bool mb_ereg_search_init ( string $string [, string $pattern [, string $option = "msr" ]] )

mb_ereg_search_init() sets string and pattern for a multibyte regular expression. These values are used for mb_ereg_search(), mb_ereg_search_pos(), and mb_ereg_search_regs().

Parameters

string

The search string.

pattern

The search pattern.

option

The search option.

Return Values

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

Notes

Note:

The internal encoding or the character encoding specified by mb_regex_encoding() will be used as the character encoding for this function.

See Also

• mb_regex_encoding() - Returns current encoding for multibyte regex as string
• mb_ereg_search_regs() - Returns the matched part of a multibyte regular expression