(PECL mongo >= 0.8.1)
MongoRegex::__construct — Creates a new regular expression
This extension that defines this method is deprecated. Instead, the MongoDB extension should be used. Alternatives to this method include:
- MongoDB\BSON\Regex::__construct()
$regex)Creates a new regular expression.
regex
Regular expression string of the form /expr/flags.
Returns a new regular expression.
Example #1 MongoRegex::__construct() example
This example uses a regular expression to query for all documents
with a username field starting (^) with an
l and a vowel ([aeiouy]),
case-insensitive (/i).
<?php
$luke_search = new MongoRegex("/^l[aeiouy]/i");
$cursor = $collection->find(array("username" => $luke_search));
?>