Simple PHP Regex String Starts With

Question

I am looking for the regex to stet if a string starts with another string. This has to be RegEx and it has to be PHP regex.

Related thread - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/834303/php-startswith-and-endswith-functions — KV Prajapati, Jun 16 '12 at 05:46
Not really related. Question specifically asks for a "regex" solution. — Slappy, Jun 16 '12 at 06:52

score 18 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 16 '12 at 06:07

$result = preg_match("#^startText(.*)$#i", $string);
if($result == 0)
{
    echo "No match";
}
else
{
    echo "Match found.";
}

PHP.net Regular Expressions

preg_match returns either 0 for no matches found, or 1, because preg_match stops at the first match. If you want to count all matches, use preg_match_all.

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Simple PHP Regex String Starts With

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