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<?php $timePeriods = array( 'weekly' => 1, 'fortnightly' => 2, 'fourweekly' => 4, 'bianually' => 26, 'anually' => 52 ); $pregResult = array(); $periods = array_keys($timePeriods); $recordName = 'ni_fortweekly_earning_limit'; $regex = '(' . implode('|', $periods) . ')'; $a = preg_match($regex, $recordName, $pregResult); var_dump($pregResult);
Output for 4.3.0 - 4.3.11, 4.4.0 - 4.4.9, 5.0.0 - 5.0.5, 5.1.0 - 5.1.6, 5.2.0 - 5.2.17, 5.3.0 - 5.3.29, 5.4.0 - 5.4.45, 5.5.0 - 5.5.38, 5.6.0 - 5.6.40, 7.0.0 - 7.0.33, 7.1.0 - 7.1.33, 7.2.0 - 7.2.33, 7.3.0 - 7.3.33, 7.4.0 - 7.4.33, 8.0.0 - 8.0.30, 8.1.0 - 8.1.28, 8.2.0 - 8.2.18, 8.3.0 - 8.3.6
array(1) { [0]=> string(6) "weekly" }

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