Within PHP there are seven functions used for searching strings using Perl-style regular expressions: • preg_match() - This function utilizes the Perl-style regular expressions to search strings provided for a match. If there is a match, the function returns a TRUE, if the regular expression does not find a match, a FALSE is returned. <?php $phone_number = "1900Atlanta"; if (preg_match("/.\D/",$phone_number)) print "The Phone Number must contain only numeric digits"; ?> • preg_grep() - This function is similar to the preg_match() function, but works only on arrays. The preg_grep() function is also useful in that it creates a new array based on those matches found in the search array. <?php $product_codes = ("NZ3456", "SUS5678", "SNZ3294", "US4678"); $NZ_Codes = preg_grep("/NZ/", $produ...
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