How to search string in array of macthing regex

Question

I have an array containing regular expressions.
The point is that I want to run a function if any input string matches with any of these expressions whiteout any loops.

example of expressions array:

$array = [
       '^expression_(.*)',
       '^expression2_(.*)',
       'expression3',
];

Without any loops doesn't seem likely.

mighty_dev
– mighty_dev

2021-09-01 13:44:33 +00:00
Commented Sep 1, 2021 at 13:44 — mighty_dev
– mighty_dev, Commented Sep 1, 2021 at 13:44

Aghaie · Accepted Answer · 2021-09-01 13:51:56Z

1

check this condition:

if(preg_match('/'.implode('|',$array).'/', $string)){

    //todo

}

answered Sep 1, 2021 at 13:51

Aghaie

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mighty_dev Over a year ago

You may have to enclose them in brackets as well (). I am also unsure about the time complexity overhead that this might introduce over matching one by one.

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