Regular result not matched? ? ?

Question

$zz = '/this\b/';

$string1 = "this is an apple";

$string2 = "thisis a apple";

$string3 = "thisartrapple";

##if (preg_match($zz, $string3, $matches)) {

echo 'Matched, the result is:';

var_dump($matches);

} else {

echo 'No match found';

}

?>

Answer 1

Add a space after this, or change thisartrapple to artrapplethis