preg_filter
preg_filter
Perform a regular expression search and replace
**preg_filter** $pattern $replacement $subject int $limit int $count
is identical to
except it only returns the (possibly transformed) subjects where there was
a match. For details about how this function works, read the
documentation.
preg_filter``preg_replace``preg_replace
Parameters are described in the documentation for .
preg_replace
Returns an if the
parameter is an , or a otherwise.
array``subject``array``string
If no matches are found or an error occurred, an empty
is returned when is an
or null otherwise.
array``subject``array
**Voorbeeld:
Example comparing
with
**
<?php
$subject = array('1', 'a', '2', 'b', '3', 'A', 'B', '4');
$pattern = array('/\d/', '/[a-z]/', '/[1a]/');
$replace = array('A:$0', 'B:$0', 'C:$0');
echo "preg_filter returns\n";
print_r(preg_filter($pattern, $replace, $subject));
echo "preg_replace returns\n";
print_r(preg_replace($pattern, $replace, $subject));
?>
preg_filter returns
Array
(
[0] => A:C:1
[1] => B:C:a
[2] => A:2
[3] => B:b
[4] => A:3
[7] => A:4
)
preg_replace returns
Array
(
[0] => A:C:1
[1] => B:C:a
[2] => A:2
[3] => B:b
[4] => A:3
[5] => A
[6] => B
[7] => A:4
)
PCRE Patternspreg_quote``preg_replace``preg_replace_callback``preg_grep``preg_last_error