RegexIterator::__construct

Create a new RegexIterator

Description

public RegexIterator::__construct ( Iterator $iterator , string $regex [, int $mode = self::MATCH [, int $flags = 0 [, int $preg_flags = 0 ]]] )

Create a new RegexIterator which filters an Iterator using a regular expression.

Parameters

iterator

The iterator to apply this regex filter to.

regex

The regular expression to match.

mode

Operation mode, see RegexIterator::setMode for a list of modes.

flags

Special flags, see RegexIterator::setFlags for a list of available flags.

preg_flags

The regular expression flags. These flags depend on the operation mode parameter:

RegexIterator preg_flags
operation mode available flags
RegexIterator::ALL_MATCHES See preg_match_all.
RegexIterator::GET_MATCH See preg_match.
RegexIterator::MATCH See preg_match.
RegexIterator::REPLACE none.
RegexIterator::SPLIT See preg_split.

Examples

Example #1 RegexIterator::__construct example

Creates a new RegexIterator that filters all strings that start with 'test'.

<?php
$arrayIterator 
= new ArrayIterator(array('test 1''another test''test 123'));
$regexIterator = new RegexIterator($arrayIterator'/^test/');

foreach (
$regexIterator as $value) {
    echo 
$value "\n";
}
?>

The above example will output something similar to:

test 1
test 123

See Also

  • preg_match
  • preg_match_all
  • preg_replace
  • preg_split