mb_ereg_search_getpos

(4.2.0 - 4.3.0 only)

mb_ereg_search_getpos --  Returns start point for next regular expression match

Description

array mb_ereg_search_getpos ( void)

Warning

This function is EXPERIMENTAL. The behaviour of this function, the name of this function, and anything else documented about this function may change without notice in a future release of PHP. Use this function at your own risk.

mb_ereg_search_getpos() returns the point to start regular expression match for mb_ereg_search(), mb_ereg_search_pos(), mb_ereg_search_regs(). The position is represented by bytes from the head of string.

The internal encoding or the character encoding specified in mb_regex_encoding() will be used as character encoding.

Note: This function is supported in PHP 4.2.0 or higher.

See also: mb_regex_encoding(), mb_ereg_search_setpos().