mb_eregi

FunctionDeprecated in PHP 8.6

Regular expression match ignoring case with multibyte support.

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

mb_eregi Function synopsis

#[\Deprecated]
mb_eregi(
    string $pattern,
    string $string,
    &$matches = null
  ): bool

Parameters

$pattern

Typestring

The regular expression pattern.

$string

Typestring

The string being searched.

$matches

Passed by reference, OptionalDefault valuenull

If matches are found for parenthesized substrings of $pattern and the function is called with the third argument $matches, the matches will be stored in the elements of the array $matches. If no matches are found, $matches is set to an empty array.

Note that the parameter $matches is passed by reference, and contains additional/updated context data that may be useful.

Return value

Typebool

Returns whether $pattern matches $string.

Changes to the mb_eregi 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: $registers to $matches
  • Parameter default value added for position #3 ($matches): null
  mb_eregi(
-     $pattern,
+     string $pattern,
-     $string,
+     string $string,
-     &$registers
+     &$matches = null
-   )
+   ): bool

mb_eregi 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