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# mb_ereg_search_pos

(PHP 4 >= 4.2.0, PHP 5)

mb_ereg_search_pos — Returns position and length of a matched part of the multibyte regular expression for a predefined multibyte string

### Description

array mb_ereg_search_pos ([ string `$pattern` [, string `$option` ]] )

Returns position and length of a matched part of the multibyte regular expression for a predefined multibyte string

The string for match is specified by mb_ereg_search_init(). If it is not specified, the previous one will be used.

### Parameters

`pattern`

  The search pattern.

`option`

  The search option. Defaults to 'ms'.

### Return Values

An array including the position of a matched part for a multibyte regular expression. The first element of the array will be the beginning of matched part, the second element will be length (bytes) of matched part. It returns `FALSE` on error.

### Notes

> Note: The internal encoding or the character encoding specified by mb_regex_encoding() will be used as the character encoding for this function.

### See Also

- mb_regex_encoding()
- mb_ereg_search_init()

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mb_ereg_search_regs
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