2011/7/8 Rafael Dohms <[email protected]>:
> Still, this is preg_match it only returns one match, why should i get
> a array and have to use ugly things like $matches[0] afterwards?
> It just makes for very ugly syntax and extra code, a simple function
> would make this cleaner and more intuitive, first time using
> preg_match is a nightmare.
>
You forget about subpatterns, so array can contain more than 1 value:
php > preg_match('/p(hp)/', 'php', $matches); var_dump($matches);
array(2) {
[0]=>
string(3) "php"
[1]=>
string(2) "hp"
}
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