mb_ereg_search_init

(PHP 4 >= 4.2.0)

mb_ereg_search_init --  Setup string and regular expression for multibyte regular expression match

Description

array mb_ereg_search_init ( string string [, string pattern [, string option]])

Warning

This function is EXPERIMENTAL. The behaviour of this function, the name of this function, and anything else documented about this function may change in a future release of PHP without notice. Be warned and use this function at your own risk.

mb_ereg_search_init() sets string and pattern for multibyte regular expression. These values are used for mb_ereg_search(), mb_ereg_search_pos(), mb_ereg_search_regs(). It returns TRUE for success, FALSE for error.

The internal encoding or the character encoding specified in mb_regex_encoding() will be used as character encoding.

Note: This function is supported in PHP 4.2.0 or higher.

See also: mb_regex_encoding(), mb_ereg_search_regs().