Delimiter must not be alphanumeric or backslash and preg_match

Question

I have this code :

$string1 = \"My name is \'Kate\' and im fine\"; 
$pattern = \"My name is \'(.*)\' and im fine\"; 
preg_match($pattern , $string1, $matches         


        

Answer 1

You need a delimiter for your pattern. It should be added at the start and end of the pattern like so:

$pattern = "/My name is '(.*)' and im fine/";  // With / as a delimeter