The mb_ereg_search_init() function in PHP is used to setup string and regular expression pattern for a multibyte regular expression match. The values are used for mb_ereg_search_regs, mb_ereg_search_pos, and mb_ereg_search.
Syntax
bool mb_ereg_search_init( $str_string, $str_pattern=null, $str_options=null )
Parameters
mb_ereg_search_init() accepts three parameters −
string − This is the search string.
pattern − This is the search pattern.
options − This is the search option. .
Return Values
mb_ereg_search_init() returns True on success and False on failure.
Example
<?php // UTF-8 Encoding $encoding=mb_regex_encoding("UTF-8"); // String "PHP online tutorial" $bool = mb_ereg_search_init("PHP online tutorial", "[l]"); var_dump($bool); var_dump($encoding); ?>
Output
bool(true) bool(true)