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Asked: May 26, 20262026-05-26T22:33:47+00:00 2026-05-26T22:33:47+00:00

Just simple question (I’ve google this but not found the answer). What’s the meaning

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Just simple question (I’ve google this but not found the answer). What’s the meaning of ?P
in this statement :

preg_match('/^posts\/(?P<id>\d+)$/', $url, $matches);
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    2026-05-26T22:33:48+00:00Added an answer on May 26, 2026 at 10:33 pm

    (?P<name>patt) is a named subpattern. It means that you can access the match for that subpattern by looking in $matches['id'] as well as the usual $matches[1].

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