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<?php $regex = 'test.'; // match print preg_match('/^'.$regex.'$/i', 'tests') ? 'match' : 'nomatch'; print PHP_EOL; // nomatch print preg_match('/^'.preg_quote($regex).'$/i', 'tests') ? 'match' : 'nomatch'; print PHP_EOL; // nomatch print preg_match('/^\Q'.$regex.'\E$/i', 'tests') ? 'match' : 'nomatch'; print PHP_EOL; ?>
Output for 8.1.34, 8.2.0 - 8.2.30, 8.3.0 - 8.3.30, 8.4.1 - 8.4.18, 8.5.0 - 8.5.3
match nomatch nomatch

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