PHP RegEx: Match the Beginning of the String

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In previous tutorial we match the given string. Now we are going to match at the beginning of the given string.

1. <?php
   
2. // make a string
   
3. $string
   
   =
   
   'Ronard'
   
   ;
   
4. 
   
5. echo
   
   "<b>String: </b>"
   
   .
   
   $string
   
   .
   
   "<br>"
   
   ;
   
6. // match the beginning of the string
   
7. if
   
   (
   
   preg_match
   
   (
   
   "/^Ron/"
   
   ,
   
   $string
   
   )
   
   )
   
8. {
   
9. // if it matches we display this line
   
10. echo
    
    'The string begins with Ron'
    
    ;
    
11. }
    
12. else
    
13. {
    
14. // if no match is found display this line
    
15. echo
    
    'No match found'
    
    ;
    
16. }
    
17. ?>
    

The regex character to read beginning is the caret (^). Then we see if the string given begin with Ron.
The forward slashes (/) we see are the delimeter that hold our regex pattern. And the quotations are used to 'wrap it all'.
Then we see the (^) will put as the beggining of the string.

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