Put the word boundary character to the test : preg_match « String « PHP






  1. PHP
  2. String
  3. preg_match

Put the word boundary character to the test

 
<?
$text = "pot post pat patent";
if ( preg_match( "/\bp\w+t\b/", $text, $array ) ) {
  print "<pre>\n";
  print_r( $array );
  print "</pre>\n";
}
?>








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