mb_ereg_match

Function • Deprecated in PHP 8.6

Regular expression match for multibyte string.

PHP 5
PHP 7
PHP 8.0
Improved
PHP 8.1
PHP 8.2-8.3
PHP 8.4
PHP 8.5
PHP 8.6
Deprecated

mb_ereg_match Function synopsis

#[\Deprecated]
mb_ereg_match(
    string $pattern,
    string $string,
    ?string $options = null
  ): bool

Parameters

$pattern

Typestring

The regular expression pattern.

$string

Typestring

The string being evaluated.

$options

OptionalType?stringDefault valuenull

The search option. See mb_regex_set_options for explanation.

Return value

Typebool

Changes to the mb_ereg_match Function

PHP 8.6

  • Function deprecated

PHP 8.0

  • Return type added: bool
  • Parameter type added for parameter #1 ($pattern): string
  • Parameter type added for parameter #2 ($string): string
  • Parameter name of parameter #3 changed: $option to $options
  • Parameter type added for parameter #3 ($options): ?string
  • Parameter default value added for position #3 ($options): null
  mb_ereg_match(
-     $pattern,
+     string $pattern,
-     $string,
+     string $string,
-     $option
+     ?string $options = null
-   )
+   ): bool

mb_ereg_match Function Availability

PHP VersionAvailability
PHP 8.6Upcoming Release Yes Deprecated
PHP 8.5Supported (Latest) Yes
PHP 8.4Supported Yes
PHP 8.3Security-Fixes Only Yes
PHP 8.2Security-Fixes Only Yes
PHP 8.1Unsupported Yes
PHP 8.0Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.4Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.3Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.2Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.1Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.0Unsupported Yes
PHP 5.6Unsupported Yes
PHP 5.5Unsupported Yes
PHP 5.4Unsupported Yes
PHP 5.3Unsupported Yes