RegexIterator::accept
(PHP 5 >= 5.2.0, PHP 7)
RegexIterator::accept — Get accept status
Description
public RegexIterator::accept ( ) : bool
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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