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RegexIterator::accept

RegexIterator::accept

(PHP 5 >= 5.2.0, PHP 7)

RegexIterator::accept — Get accept status

Description

public bool RegexIterator::accept ( void )

Matches (string) RegexIterator::current() (or RegexIterator::key() if the RegexIterator::USE_KEY flag is set) against the regular expression.

Parameters

This function has no parameters.

Return Values

TRUE if a match, FALSE otherwise.

Examples

Example #1 RegexIterator::accept() example

This example shows that only items matching the regular expression are accepted.

<?php $names = new ArrayIterator(array('Ann', 'Bob', 'Charlie', 'David') $filter = new RegexIterator($names, '/^[B-D]/' foreach ($filter as $name) {     echo $name . PHP_EOL; } ?>

The above example will output:

Bob Charlie David

See Also

  • RegexIterator constants

  • RegexIterator::setFlags() - Sets the flags.

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