Test if a string is regex

Question

Is there a good way of test if a string is a regex or normal string in PHP?

Ideally I want to write a function to run a string through, that returns true or false.

Answer 1

Here is a good answer how to:

https://stackoverflow.com/a/12941133/2519073

if(@preg_match($yourPattern, null) === false){
    //pattern is broken
}else{
    //pattern is real
}