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<refentry xml:id="function.mb-ereg-search-regs" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>mb_ereg_search_regs</refname>
  <refpurpose>Returns the matched part of a multibyte regular expression</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>
  
 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type class="union"><type>array</type><type>false</type></type><methodname>mb_ereg_search_regs</methodname>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type class="union"><type>string</type><type>null</type></type><parameter>pattern</parameter><initializer>&null;</initializer></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type class="union"><type>string</type><type>null</type></type><parameter>options</parameter><initializer>&null;</initializer></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   Returns the matched part of a multibyte regular expression.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>pattern</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The search pattern.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>options</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The search option. See <function>mb_regex_set_options</function> for explanation.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 
 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <simpara>
   <function>mb_ereg_search_regs</function> executes the multibyte
   regular expression match, and if there are some matched part, it
   returns an <type>array</type> including substring of matched part as first
   element, the first grouped part with brackets as second element,
   the second grouped part as third element, and so on. 
   It returns &false; on error.
  </simpara>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="changelog">
  &reftitle.changelog;
  <para>
   <informaltable>
    <tgroup cols="2">
     <thead>
      <row>
       <entry>&Version;</entry>
       <entry>&Description;</entry>
      </row>
     </thead>
     <tbody>
      <row>
       <entry>8.0.0</entry>
       <entry>
        <parameter>pattern</parameter> and <parameter>options</parameter> are nullable now.
       </entry>
      </row>
     </tbody>
    </tgroup>
   </informaltable>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="notes">
  &reftitle.notes;
  
  &note.mbstring.encoding.internal;
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><function>mb_regex_encoding</function></member>
    <member><function>mb_ereg_search_init</function></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

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