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Request #55179 Offer preg_match with array-support for pattern
Submitted: 2011-07-11 07:38 UTC Modified: 2020-02-02 22:38 UTC
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Status: Suspended Package: PCRE related
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 [2011-07-11 07:38 UTC] neufeind@php.net
Description:
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Maybe the existing preg_match could allow for an array to be given as $pattern. Or if not a preg_match_array() might be an alternative.

Idea is to check a string against a list of pattern. First matched pattern would return.

Test script:
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<?php
  $patterns = array(
    '/\.link1$/',
    '/\.link2$/',
    '/\.link3$/',
    '/\.link4$/',
  );

  $subject = "field.link2";

  if(preg_match($patterns, $subject)) {
    // ...
  }


Expected result:
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preg_match should find the first pattern that matches (if any).

Actual result:
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No array-support for $pattern yet.

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 [2020-02-02 22:38 UTC] cmb@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Suspended
 [2020-02-02 22:38 UTC] cmb@php.net
Well, it seems to me that you basically could pass

    implode('|', $patterns)

to preg_match(); that would need slightly modified $patterns, and
preg_quote() for the general case, though.  And of course, the
given example could use a single regex with a character class.

In my opinion, the feature as presented is not very useful, and
under-specified (for instance, how to detect which pattern
matched), and as such needs discussion on the internals mailing
list[1].  Please feel free to propose the feature there.  For the
time being, I'm suspending this ticket.

[1] <https://www.php.net/mailing-lists.php#internals>
 
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