PHP FILTER_VALIDATE_REGEXPFilters
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Definition and Usage
The FILTER_VALIDATE_REGEXP filter validates a value based on a Perl-compatible regular expression.
- Name: "validate_regexp"
- ID-number: 272
Possible options:
- regexp - Specifies the regular expression used for validation
Examples
<?php
$string = "Match this string";
var_dump(filter_var($string, FILTER_VALIDATE_REGEXP,
array("options"=>array("regexp"=>"/^M(.*)/"))))
?>
$string = "Match this string";
var_dump(filter_var($string, FILTER_VALIDATE_REGEXP,
array("options"=>array("regexp"=>"/^M(.*)/"))))
?>
The output of the code is as follows:
string(17) "Match this string"
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