";
$name = "John Green";
echo "
";
if (preg_match("/^[a-zA-Z ]*$/", $name)) {
echo '"John Green" is OK.';
} else {
echo '"John Green" is not OK.';
}
$name = "John-Paul";
echo "
";
if (preg_match("/^[a-zA-Z ]*$/", $name)) {
echo '"John-Paul" is OK.';
} else {
echo '"John-Paul" is not OK.';
}
echo "
";
$a_string = "abc12def34gh567ij";
preg_match_all("/[0-9]+/", $a_string, $matches);
print_r($matches);
echo "
";
$subject = 'Give me 10 eggs';
$pattern = '~\b(\d+)\s*(\w+)$~';
$success = preg_match($pattern, $subject, $matches);
if ($success) {
echo "Match: " . $matches[0] . "
";
echo "Group 1: " . $matches[1] . "
";
echo "Group 2: " . $matches[2] . "
";
}
echo "";
?>