preg match more than 1 subject

[tr8er8]

is it possible to have more than one subject like:

if(preg_match($pattern, $subject ¦¦ $subject2 ¦¦ $subject3)) {
//result
}

[eelixduppy]

No it is not. You'd have to have multiple preg-matches:

if(preg_match(..) ¦¦ preg_match(..) ¦¦ preg_match(..))

[coopster]

If it is the same regular expression, loop over your subjects ...

$subjects = array( 
  'My favorite pet is a cat.', 
  'My favorite pet is a snake.', 
  'My favorite pet is a bird.' 
); 
$pattern = '/\s([a-z]+)\.$/'; 
print '<pre>'; 
foreach ($subjects as $subject) { 
  if (preg_match($pattern, $subject, $matches)) { 
    print "Do you have a {$matches[1]}?\n"; 
  } 
} 
print '</pre>';