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sql_regcase

(PHP 3 <= 3.0.18, PHP 4 >= 4.0.0)

sql_regcase --  Make regular expression for case insensitive match

Description

string sql_regcase (string string)

Returns a valid regular expression which will match string, ignoring case. This expression is string with each character converted to a bracket expression; this bracket expression contains that character's uppercase and lowercase form if applicable, otherwise it contains the original character twice.

Example 1. sql_regcase() Example

echo sql_regcase ("Foo bar");
prints
[Ff][Oo][Oo] [Bb][Aa][Rr]
.

This can be used to achieve case insensitive pattern matching in products which support only case sensitive regular expressions.


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