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PHP : Function Reference : Regular Expression Functions (POSIX Extended) : sql_regcase

sql_regcase

Make regular expression for case insensitive match (PHP 4, PHP 5)
string sql_regcase ( string string )

Creates a regular expression for a case insensitive match.

Parameters

string

The input string.

Return Values

Returns a valid regular expression which will match string, ignoring case. This expression is string with each alphabetic character converted to a bracket expression; this bracket expression contains that character's uppercase and lowercase form. Other characters remain unchanged.

Examples

Example 1900. sql_regcase() example

<?php
echo sql_regcase("Foo - bar.");
?>

The above example will output:

[Ff][Oo][Oo] - [Bb][Aa][Rr].


This can be used to achieve case insensitive pattern matching in products which support only case sensitive regular expressions.

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Code Examples / Notes » sql_regcase

edge

work, if you set right locale:
setlocale(LC_CTYPE,"ru_RU.KOI8-R");
print sql_regcase("&#1062;ffnung");
will output:
"[&#1062;&#1094;][Ff][Ff][Nn][Uu][Nn][Gg]"


m-blueml__no

Will not work with special Characters like ö,ä and ü.
print sql_regcase("Öffnung");
will output:
"Ö[Ff][Ff][Nn][Uu][Nn][Gg]"
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