MongoRegex::__toString

A string representation of this regular expression

Note:

This extension that defines this method is deprecated. Instead, the MongoDB extension should be used. Alternatives to this method include:

  • MongoDB\BSON\Regex::__toString

Description

public string MongoRegex::__toString ( void )

Returns a string representation of this regular expression.

Parameters

This function has no parameters.

Return Values

This regular expression in the form "/expr/flags".

Examples

Example #1 MongoRegex::__toString example

<?php

$r 
= new MongoRegex"/[a-fA-F0-9]{16}/g" );
echo 
$r->regex "\n";
echo 
$r->flags "\n";
echo 
"$r\n";

?>

The above example will output something similar to:

[a-fA-F0-9]{16}
g
/[a-fA-F0-9]{16}/g