<?php
$re = '/\b[Aa]ny\b/';
$str = 'Will *any* company do *any* job, (are there any)?';
preg_match_all($re, $str, $matches);
// Print the entire match result
var_dump($matches);
Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'sodium.so' (tried: /usr/lib/php/8.3.5/modules/sodium.so (libsodium.so.23: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory), /usr/lib/php/8.3.5/modules/sodium.so.so (/usr/lib/php/8.3.5/modules/sodium.so.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)) in Unknown on line 0
array(1) {
[0]=>
array(3) {
[0]=>
string(3) "any"
[1]=>
string(3) "any"
[2]=>
string(3) "any"
}
}