Question

I’m trying to find a sub-string matching the pattern ddddTdddd (where d is any digit and T is the letter T) in a certain string.

I’m using the PHP function preg_match() and I’m passing ‘/(\d{8})(T)(\d{8})/’ as the pattern but it’s not working for me. Here’s how I’ve written the line:

preg_match('/(\d{8})(T)(\d{8})/', $my_string, $matches);

I’m assuming the why I formatted the pattern is wrong. Can anyone please confirm whether I have the correct format or not?

Thank you!

Answer 1

Your regex is not correct try this

preg_match('/(\d{8})([a-zA-Z])(\d{8})/', $my_string, $matches);