$str = "Jane\tKate\nLucy Marion";
$regex = "@\s@";
// Output: Array("Jane", "Kate", "Lucy", "Marion")
print\_r(preg\_split($regex, $str));
Regex in PHP
preg_split
preg_grep
$arr = ["Jane", "jane", "Joan", "JANE"];
$regex = "/Jane/";
// Output: Jane
echo preg\_grep($regex, $arr);
preg_matchall
$regex = "/[a-zA-Z]+ (\d+)/";
$input\_str = "June 24, August 13, and December 30";
if (preg\_match\_all($regex, $input\_str, $matches\_out)) {
// Output: 2
echo count($matches\_out);
// Output: 3
echo count($matches\_out[0]);
// Output: Array("June 24", "August 13", "December 30")
print\_r($matches\_out[0]);
// Output: Array("24", "13", "30")
print\_r($matches\_out[1]);
}
preg_match
$str = "Visit QuickRef";
$regex = "#quickref#i";
// Output: 1
echo preg\_match($regex, $str);
preg_replace
$str = "Visit Microsoft!";
$regex = "/microsoft/i";
// Output: Visit QuickRef!
echo preg\_replace($regex, "QuickRef", $str);
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