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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!-- $Revision: 1.1 $ -->
+<refentry xml:id="function.preg-filter" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
+ <refnamediv>
+  <refname>preg_filter</refname>
+  <refpurpose>Perform a regular expression search and replace</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsect1 role="description">
+  &reftitle.description;
+  <methodsynopsis>
+   <type>mixed</type><methodname>preg_filter</methodname>
+   <methodparam><type>mixed</type><parameter>pattern</parameter></methodparam>
+   <methodparam><type>mixed</type><parameter>replacement</parameter></methodparam>
+   <methodparam><type>mixed</type><parameter>subject</parameter></methodparam>
+   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>limit</parameter><initializer>-1</initializer></methodparam>
+   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter role="reference">count</parameter></methodparam>
+  </methodsynopsis>
+  <para>
+   <function>preg_filter</function> is identical to <function>preg_replace</function>
+   except it only returns the matches. For details about how this function works,
+   read the <function>preg_replace</function> documentation.
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1 role="parameters">
+  &reftitle.parameters;
+  <para>
+   <variablelist>
+    <varlistentry>
+     <term><parameter>pattern</parameter></term>
+     <listitem>
+      <para>
+      </para>
+     </listitem>
+    </varlistentry>
+    <varlistentry>
+     <term><parameter>replacement</parameter></term>
+     <listitem>
+      <para>
+      </para>
+     </listitem>
+    </varlistentry>
+    <varlistentry>
+     <term><parameter>subject</parameter></term>
+     <listitem>
+      <para>
+      </para>
+     </listitem>
+    </varlistentry>
+    <varlistentry>
+     <term><parameter>limit</parameter></term>
+     <listitem>
+      <para>
+      </para>
+     </listitem>
+    </varlistentry>
+    <varlistentry>
+     <term><parameter>count</parameter></term>
+     <listitem>
+      <para>
+      </para>
+     </listitem>
+    </varlistentry>
+   </variablelist>
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
+  &reftitle.returnvalues;
+  <para>
+   Returns an <type>array</type> if the <parameter>subject</parameter>
+   parameter is an <type>array</type>, or a <type>string</type> otherwise.
+  </para>
+  <para>
+   If matches are found, the new <parameter>subject</parameter> will
+   be returned, otherwise <parameter>subject</parameter> will be
+   returned unchanged or &null; if an error occurred.
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1 role="examples">
+  &reftitle.examples;
+  <para>
+   <example>
+    <title>
+     Example comparing <function>preg_filter</function> 
+     with <function>preg_replace</function>
+    </title>
+    <programlisting role="php">
+<![CDATA[
+<?php
+$subject = array('1', 'a', '2', 'b', '3', 'A', 'B', '4'); 
+$pattern = array('/\d/', '/[a-z]/', '/[1a]/'); 
+$replace = array('A:$0', 'B:$0', 'C:$0'); 
+
+echo "preg_filter returns\n";
+print_r(preg_filter($pattern, $replace, $subject)); 
+
+echo "preg_replace returns\n";
+print_r(preg_replace($pattern, $replace, $subject)); 
+?>
+]]>
+    </programlisting>
+    &example.outputs;
+    <screen>
+<![CDATA[
+preg_filter returns
+Array
+(
+    [0] => A:C:1
+    [1] => B:C:a
+    [2] => A:2
+    [3] => B:b
+    [4] => A:3
+    [7] => A:4
+)
+preg_replace returns
+Array
+(
+    [0] => A:C:1
+    [1] => B:C:a
+    [2] => A:2
+    [3] => B:b
+    [4] => A:3
+    [5] => A
+    [6] => B
+    [7] => A:4
+)
+]]>
+    </screen>
+   </example>
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1 role="seealso">
+  &reftitle.seealso;
+  <para>
+   <simplelist>
+    <member><function>preg_replace</function></member>
+    <member><function>preg_replace_callback</function></member>
+    <member><function>preg_match</function></member>
+    <member><function>preg_split</function></member>
+   </simplelist>
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+</refentry>
+
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