Question

I have a regex that is going to end up being a bit long and it’d make it much easier to read to have it across multiple lines.

I tried this but it just barfs.

preg_match(     '^J[0-9]{7}:\s+     (.*?)             #Extract the Transaction Start Date msg     \s+J[0-9]{7}:\s+Project\sname:\s+     (.*?)             #Extract the Project Name     \s+J[0-9]{7}:\s+Job\sname:\s+     (.*?)             #Extract the Job Name     \s+J[0-9]{7}:\s+',     $this->getResultVar('FullMessage'),     $atmp ); 

Is there are way to pass a regex in the above form to preg_match?

Answer 1

You can use the extended syntax:

preg_match('/     test /x', $foo, $bar);