PHP code example of composer / pcre

1. Go to this page and download the library: Download composer/pcre library. Choose the download type require.

2. Extract the ZIP file and open the index.php.

3. Add this code to the index.php.

    
        
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

/* Start to develop here. Best regards https://php-download.com/ */

composer / pcre example snippets


if (preg_match('{fo+}', $string, $matches)) { ... }
if (preg_match('{fo+}', $string, $matches, PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE)) { ... }
if (preg_match_all('{fo+}', $string, $matches)) { ... }
$newString = preg_replace('{fo+}', 'bar', $string);
$newString = preg_replace_callback('{fo+}', function ($match) { return strtoupper($match[0]); }, $string);
$newString = preg_replace_callback_array(['{fo+}' => fn ($match) => strtoupper($match[0])], $string);
$filtered = preg_grep('{[a-z]}', $elements);
$array = preg_split('{[a-z]+}', $string);


use Composer\Pcre\Preg;

if (Preg::match('{fo+}', $string, $matches)) { ... }
if (Preg::matchWithOffsets('{fo+}', $string, $matches)) { ... }
if (Preg::matchAll('{fo+}', $string, $matches)) { ... }
$newString = Preg::replace('{fo+}', 'bar', $string);
$newString = Preg::replaceCallback('{fo+}', function ($match) { return strtoupper($match[0]); }, $string);
$newString = Preg::replaceCallbackArray(['{fo+}' => fn ($match) => strtoupper($match[0])], $string);
$filtered = Preg::grep('{[a-z]}', $elements);
$array = Preg::split('{[a-z]+}', $string);


use Composer\Pcre\Preg;

if (Preg::isMatch('{fo+}', $string, $matches)) // bool
if (Preg::isMatchAll('{fo+}', $string, $matches)) // bool


use Composer\Pcre\Preg;

// $matches is guaranteed to be an array of strings, if a subpattern does not match and produces a null it will throw
if (Preg::matchStrictGroups('{fo+}', $string, $matches))
if (Preg::matchAllStrictGroups('{fo+}', $string, $matches))


use Composer\Pcre\Regex;

// this is useful when you are just interested in knowing if something matched
// as it returns a bool instead of int(1/0) for match
$bool = Regex::isMatch('{fo+}', $string);

$result = Regex::match('{fo+}', $string);
if ($result->matched) { something($result->matches); }

$result = Regex::matchWithOffsets('{fo+}', $string);
if ($result->matched) { something($result->matches); }

$result = Regex::matchAll('{fo+}', $string);
if ($result->matched && $result->count > 3) { something($result->matches); }

$newString = Regex::replace('{fo+}', 'bar', $string)->result;
$newString = Regex::replaceCallback('{fo+}', function ($match) { return strtoupper($match[0]); }, $string)->result;
$newString = Regex::replaceCallbackArray(['{fo+}' => fn ($match) => strtoupper($match[0])], $string)->result;


preg_match('/(a)(b)*(c)(d)*/', 'ac', $matches, $flags);