mb_ereg_search_init

(PHP 4 >= 4.2.0, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

mb_ereg_search_init — Setup string and regular expression for a multibyte regular expression match

mb_ereg_search_init(string $string, ?string $pattern = null, ?string $options = null): bool

mb_ereg_search_init() sets string and pattern for a multibyte regular expression. These values are used for mb_ereg_search(), mb_ereg_search_pos(), and mb_ereg_search_regs().

Returns true on success or false on failure.

Version	Description
8.0.0	`pattern` and `options` are nullable now.

Note:
The internal encoding or the character encoding specified by mb_regex_encoding() will be used as the character encoding for this function.

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