Regex
preg_match_all('@(\b' . preg_quote($needle,'@') . '\b)@is', $haystack, $matches);
Haystack
(Job: NAS-Inkrementell) Operation succeeded.
Needle
Operation succeeded
--> works
Operation succeeded.
--> does not work
I did some tests:
Alternative Haystack
(Job: NAS-Inkrementell) Op.eration succeeded.
Alternative Needle
Op.eration succeeded
--> works
So, the needle does get escaped correctly, as I can see by dump(preg_quote($needle,'@'));
--> Operation succeeded\.
What would be the correct way to include a trailing dot?
For quick reference: http://www.phpliveregex.com/p/hzl
Thanks
EDIT
I also need to distinguish between My-NAS
and My-NAS-2
in the haystack when the needle is My-NAS
, so I need the trailing \b
as well.
EDIT2
ideone.com/Suzz2E I want it to be 1 1 0 1 instead of 1 1 1 1, so MyNAS
should not be found if there is only MyNAS-2
in the haystack.
The .
is not a word character, and \.\b
pattern requires a word char after .
. You need to implement custom word boundaries.
Since you need to match strings that are not preceded with a word char or a hyphen and that are not followed with a word char or hyphen, you may use
preg_match_all('@(?<![\w-])' . preg_quote($needle1,'@') . '(?![\w-])@is', $haystack, $matches)
See the regex demo.
See the PHP demo:
$haystack1 = "(Job: NAS-Inkrementell) Operation succeeded. MyNAS-2 reports duty.";
$needle1 = "Operation succeeded";
echo preg_match_all('@(?<![\w-])' . preg_quote($needle1,'@') . '(?![\w-])@is', $haystack1, $matches1) ."
";
$needle2 = "Operation succeeded.";
echo preg_match_all('@(?<![\w-])' . preg_quote($needle2,'@') . '(?![\w-])@is', $haystack1, $matches2) ."
";
$needle3 = "MyNAS";
echo preg_match_all('@(?<![\w-])' . preg_quote($needle3,'@') . '(?![\w-])@is', $haystack1, $matches3) ."
";
$needle4 = "MyNAS-2";
echo preg_match_all('@(?<![\w-])' . preg_quote($needle4,'@') . '(?![\w-])@is', $haystack1, $matches4) ."
";