mb_ereg_search_pos

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

&reftitle.description; ``array``false```mb_ereg_search_pos` ``string``null```pattern`&null; ``string``null```options`&null;

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.

&reftitle.parameters;

`pattern`

- The search pattern.

`options`

- The search option. See `mb_regex_set_options` for explanation.

&reftitle.returnvalues;

An `array` containing two elements. The first element is the offset, in bytes, where the match begins relative to the start of the search string, and the second element is the length in bytes of the match.

If an error occurs, &false; is returned.

&reftitle.changelog;

&Version; | &Description;
8.0.0 | `pattern` and `options` are nullable now.

&reftitle.notes; ¬e.mbstring.encoding.internal;
&reftitle.seealso;

- `mb_regex_encoding`
- `mb_ereg_search_init`