Named backreferences with preg_replace

Question

Pretty straightforward; I can\'t seem to find anything definitive regarding PHP\'s preg_replace() supporting named backreferences:

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Answer 1

preg_replace does not support named backreferences.

preg_replace_callback supports named backreferences, but after PHP 5.3, so expect it to fail on PHP 5.2 and below.