- preg_replace: documentation ( source)
- setlocale: documentation ( source)
<?php
setlocale(LC_ALL, 'ru_RU.UTF-8');
echo preg_replace('#(*UCP)\w#', '<|$0|>', 'пхп') . PHP_EOL;
echo PCRE_VERSION . PHP_EOL;
echo setlocale(LC_ALL, 0);
//print_r(preg_last_error());