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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; ?>

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