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<?php
   //标记在整个模式之外;
   // 例://$mode="/\bis\b/U",其中U在外面;
  //修正符:i 不区分大小写的匹配;
     //如:"/abc/i"可以与abc或aBC或ABc等匹配;
  //修正符:m 将字符串视为多行,不管是那行都能匹配;
  //  例://模式为:$mode="/abc/m";
     //要匹配的字符串为:$str="bcefg5e\nabcdfe"
     //注意其中\n,换行了;abc换到了下一行;
     //$str和$mode仍可以匹配,修正符m使得多行也可匹配;
  //修正符:s 将字符串视为单行,换行符作为普通字符;
   // 例://模式为:$mode="/pr.y/";
      //要匹配字符串为:$str="pr\ny";
      //两者不可匹配; . 是除了换行以外的字符可匹配;
      //修改下模式为:$mode="/pr.y/s";
        //其中修正符s将\n视为普通字符,即不是换行;
      //最后两者可以匹配;
  //修正符:x 将模式中的空白忽略;
  //修正符:A 强制从目标字符串开头匹配;
   // 例://$mode="/abc/A";
      //可以与$str="abcsdfi"匹配,
      //不可以与$str2="sdsdabc"匹配;
      //因为$str2不是以abc开头;
  //修正符:D 如果使用$限制结尾字符,则不允许结尾有换行;
  //  例://模式为:$mode="/abc$/";
      //可以与最后有换行的$str="adshabc\n"匹配;
      //元子符$会忽略最后的换行\n;
      //如果模式为:$mode="/abc/D",
      //则不能与$str="adshabc\n"匹配,
      //修正符D限制其不可有换行;必需以abc结尾;
  //修正符:U 只匹配最近的一个字符串;不重复匹配;
  //  例:
  //   如模式为:
      $mode="/a.*c/";
      $str="abcabbbcabbbbbc" ;
      preg_match($mode,$str,$content);
      echo $content[0]; //输出:abcabbbcabbbbbc;
      //如果$mode="/a.*c/";变成$mode="/a.*c/U";
      // 则只匹配最近一个字符串,输出:abc;
//修正符:e 配合函数preg_replace()使用,
//      可以把匹配来的字符串当作正则表达式执行;
?>

Modifier:

There is no modifier for POSIX compatible regular expressions.

Perl compatible modifiers that may be used in regular expressions (spaces and newlines in the modifiers are ignored, other characters will cause errors):

i (PCRE_CASELESS):
Ignored when matching Upper and lower case.

m (PCRE_MULTILINE):
When this modifier is set, the start of the line (^) and the end of the line ($) not only match the beginning and end of the entire string, but also match the newline in it respectively. after and before the character (\n).

s (PCRE_DOTALL):
If this modifier is set, the dot metacharacter (.) in the pattern matches all characters, including newlines. Without this setting, newline characters are not included.

x (PCRE_EXTENDED):
If this modifier is set, whitespace characters in the pattern are completely ignored except those that are escaped or within a character class.

e:
If this modifier is set, preg_replace() performs the normal replacement of the backreference in the replacement string, evaluates it as PHP code, and uses its result to replace the searched String. Only preg_replace() uses this modifier, other PCRE functions ignore it.

A (PCRE_ANCHORED):
If this modifier is set, the pattern is forced to be "anchored", that is, it is forced to match only from the beginning of the target string.

D (PCRE_DOLLAR_ENDONLY):
If this modifier is set, the end of line ($) in the pattern only matches the end of the target string. Without this option, if the last character is a newline character, it will also be matched. This option is ignored if the m modifier is set.

S:
When a pattern will be used several times, it is worth analyzing it first to speed up matching. If this modifier is set additional analysis will be performed. Currently, analyzing a pattern is only useful for non-anchored patterns that do not have a single fixed starting character.

U (PCRE_UNGREEDY):
Make the default matching of "?" greedy.

X (PCRE_EXTRA): Any backslash in the
pattern followed by a letter with no special meaning results in an error, thus preserving this combination for future expansion. By default, a backslash followed by a letter with no special meaning is treated as the letter itself.

u (PCRE_UTF8):
The pattern string is treated as UTF-8.

Note:

Pattern Modifiers

i -Can match both uppercase and lowercase letters
M -Treat strings as multiple lines
S - Treat the string as a single line, and treat newlines as ordinary characters, so that "." matches any character
X - Blanks in the pattern are ignored
U - Match the nearest string
e - Use the replaced string as an expression

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