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MB_EREG_SEARCH_POS(3)							 1						     MB_EREG_SEARCH_POS(3)

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

SYNOPSIS
       array mb_ereg_search_pos ([string  $pattern], [string  $option = "ms"])

DESCRIPTION
	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(3). If it is not specified, the previous one will be used.

PARAMETERS
	      o $pattern
		- The search pattern.

	      o $option
		- The search option.

RETURN VALUES
	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.

NOTES
       Note

	      The internal encoding or the character encoding specified by mb_regex_encoding(3) will be used as the character  encoding  for  this
	      function.

SEE ALSO
       mb_regex_encoding(3), mb_ereg_search_init(3).

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