m modifier: match an anchored pattern on multiple lines of text. : preg_match_all « String « PHP






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m modifier: match an anchored pattern on multiple lines of text.

 
The anchor patterns ^ and $ match the beginning and end of an entire string by default. 


<?
$text = "name: Joe\noccupation: coder\n\n";
if ( preg_match_all( "/^\w+:\s+(.*)$/m", $text, $array ) ) {
  print "<pre>\n";
  print_r( $array );
  print "</pre>\n";
}
?>








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