Question

How to match the first word after an expression in a string using RegEx with PHP

Answer 1

function find_next_word($text, $expression) {
    // Use preg_quote to escape any special characters in the expression
    $pattern = '/'. preg_quote($expression, '/') . '\s+(\w+)/';

    if (preg_match($pattern, $text, $matches)) {
        echo "The first word after '{$expression}' is: " . $matches[1] . "\n";
    } else {
        echo "No match found!\n";
    }
}

$text = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.";
$expression = "fox";

find_next_word($text, $expression);



/*
run:

The first word after 'fox' is: jumps

*/

 

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