PHP: Match line against array of regexes

Question

I'm writing a quick PHP parser here and was wondering instead of writing

foreach($array as $line) {
  if(preg_match($regex1, ..) {

  } 
  elseif(preg_match($regex2, ..) {

  }
}

Is there possible to match against an array of regexes?

Álvaro González · Accepted Answer · 2010-09-19 18:45:37Z

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foreach($text_array as $line){
    foreach($regex_array as $regex{
        ...
    }
}

answered Sep 19, 2010 at 18:45

Álvaro González

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3 Comments

Michael Grons Over a year ago

That's the best way to do it? =)

Richard Cook Over a year ago

Unfortunately I don't think this is a PHP Perl-style regular expression method that will do this. preg_replace and preg_filter both accept an array of expressions but they perform replacement in addition to matching.

Álvaro González Over a year ago

What strikes you from this approach as too complex? :)

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