preg_last_error
(PHP 5 >= 5.2.0, PHP 7)
preg_last_error — Returns the error code of the last PCRE regex execution
Description
Returns the error code of the last PCRE regex execution.
Example #1 preg_last_error() example
<?php
preg_match('/(?:\D+|<\d+>)*[!?]/', 'foobar foobar foobar');
if (preg_last_error() == PREG_BACKTRACK_LIMIT_ERROR) {
print 'Backtrack limit was exhausted!';
}
?>
The above example will output:
Backtrack limit was exhausted!
Return Values
Returns one of the following constants (explained on their own page):
PREG_NO_ERROR
PREG_INTERNAL_ERROR
PREG_BACKTRACK_LIMIT_ERROR
(see also pcre.backtrack_limit)PREG_RECURSION_LIMIT_ERROR
(see also pcre.recursion_limit)PREG_BAD_UTF8_ERROR
PREG_BAD_UTF8_OFFSET_ERROR
(since PHP 5.3.0)PREG_JIT_STACKLIMIT_ERROR
(since PHP 7.0.0)
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