preg_match(): No ending delimiter '^' found

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Warning: preg_match(): No ending delimiter '^' found in .../functions/validations.php on line 29

The code:

 if (preg_match($mail_pat, $email, $components)) {

What and where do I make the edit?

Duplicate of https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4634993/php-regular-expressions-no-ending-delimiter-found-in — MartinNajemi, Jun 16 '21 at 12:25

score 14 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 21 '13 at 10:08

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Perl based regex should be inside the delimeters.. "/your regex here/".. the deprecated POSIX regex were the one which did not require any delimeter.. eg ereg(")

answered Apr 21 '13 at 10:08

din din

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score 8 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 21 '13 at 10:02

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You must add delimiters to your regex:

if (preg_match('/' . $mail_pat . '/', $email, $components)) {

$mail_pat starts with a ^ but ends with another character, which causes the error since there are no matching delimiters.

answered Apr 21 '13 at 10:02

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Thanks that solved the problem – Simpel Apr 23 '13 at 14:54

preg_match(): No ending delimiter '^' found

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