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preg_grep

(PHP 4 )

preg_grep --  Return array entries that match the pattern

Description

array preg_grep ( string pattern, array input [, int flags])

preg_grep() returns the array consisting of the elements of the input array that match the given pattern.

flags can be the following flag:

PREG_GREP_INVERT

If this flag is passed, preg_grep() returns the elements of the input array that do not match the given pattern. This flag is available since PHP 4.2.0.

The flags parameter is available since PHP 4.3.0.

Since PHP 4.0.4, the results returned by preg_grep() are indexed using the keys from the input array. If this behavior is undesirable, use array_values() on the array returned by preg_grep() to reindex the values.

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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