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<?php $text = "This is my test string that needs to be matched and not the test keywords following it"; if (preg_match("/(.*?)test/", $text, $match)) { print_r($match); } if (preg_match("/^(.*?)test/", $text, $match)) { print_r($match); } if (preg_match("/(.*)test/", $text, $match)) { print_r($match); } ?>
Output for 5.3.0 - 5.3.29, 5.4.0 - 5.4.45, 5.5.0 - 5.5.38, 5.6.0 - 5.6.30, 7.0.0 - 7.0.20, 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 - 8.1.31, 8.2.0 - 8.2.27, 8.3.0 - 8.3.15, 8.4.1 - 8.4.2
Array ( [0] => This is my test [1] => This is my ) Array ( [0] => This is my test [1] => This is my ) Array ( [0] => This is my test string that needs to be matched and not the test [1] => This is my test string that needs to be matched and not the )
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