PCRE Functions
<?php
/**
* Return the element key for a found pattern in an array
*
* @param String pattern
* @param Array input
* @return mixed
*/
function preg_array_key( $sPattern, $aInput ){
return key( preg_grep( $sPattern, $aInput ) );
}
?>
preg_grep
(PHP 4, PHP 5)
preg_grep — Return array entries that match the pattern
Description
array preg_grep
( string $pattern
, array $input
[, int $flags
] )
Returns the array consisting of the elements of the input array that match the given pattern .
Parameters
- pattern
-
The pattern to search for, as a string.
- input
-
The input array.
- flags
-
If set to PREG_GREP_INVERT, this function returns the elements of the input array that do not match the given pattern .
Return Values
Returns an array indexed using the keys from the input array.
ChangeLog
| Version | Description |
|---|---|
| 4.2.0 | The flags parameter was added. |
| 4.0.4 |
Prior to this version, the returned array was indexed regardless of the keys of the input array. If you want to reproduce this old behavior, use array_values() on the returned array to reindex the values. |
Examples
Example #1 preg_grep() example
<?php
// return all array elements
// containing floating point numbers
$fl_array = preg_grep("/^(\d+)?\.\d+$/", $array);
?>
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User Contributed Notespreg_grep
pete dakin at aargh dot doh!
20-Nov-2008 07:24
20-Nov-2008 07:24
brian at cristina dot org
02-Sep-2008 01:31
02-Sep-2008 01:31
I don't see it mentioned here but you can invert your match to only return array entries where the search values IS NOT found. The format for it is...
<?php
$nomatch = preg_grep("/{$keyword}/i",$array,PREG_GREP_INVERT);
?>
Notice the PREG_GREP_INVERT.
That will result in an array ($nomatch) that contains all entries of $array where $keyword IS NOT found.
Hope that helps!
-b