$sanitizer->match() method

Validate that given value matches regex pattern.

If given value matches, value is returned. If not, blank is returned.

Usage

$string = $sanitizer->match(string $value, string $regex);

Arguments

NameType(s)Description
valuestring

Value to match

regexstring

PCRE regex pattern (same as you would provide to PHP's preg_match())

Return value

string

Value you supplied if it matches, or blank string if it doesn't


$sanitizer methods and properties

API reference based on ProcessWire core version 3.0.236

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