[DOC-CVS] [doc-en] master: Update preg-match.xml to clarify language around when using offset making \A and ^ inoperable (#5652)

Author: Richard Bairwell (rbairwell)
Committer: GitHub (web-flow)
Pusher: jordikroon
Date: 2026-08-18T19:55:30+02:00

Commit: https://github.com/php/doc-en/commit/aa5a948a110f87b5ca4d2510288e0ad37e21ead0
Raw diff: https://github.com/php/doc-en/commit/aa5a948a110f87b5ca4d2510288e0ad37e21ead0.diff

Update preg-match.xml to clarify language around when using offset making \A and ^ inoperable (#5652)

* Update preg-match.xml

Try to clarify the language around using \G instead of substr. It read as if ^ and \A both worked with offset and to use use \A instead of ^.

Co-authored-by: Jordi Kroon <[email protected]>

Changed paths:
  M  reference/pcre/functions/preg-match.xml


Diff:

diff --git a/reference/pcre/functions/preg-match.xml b/reference/pcre/functions/preg-match.xml
index 8e2224c59f97..8e8809f754e4 100644
--- a/reference/pcre/functions/preg-match.xml
+++ b/reference/pcre/functions/preg-match.xml
@@ -229,12 +229,12 @@ Array
 )
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          </screen>
-         <para>
+         <simpara>
           Alternatively, to avoid using <function>substr</function>, use the
           <literal>\G</literal> assertion rather than the <literal>^</literal> anchor, or
-          the <literal>A</literal> modifier instead, both of which work with
+          the <literal>A</literal> modifier; both of which do not work with
           the <parameter>offset</parameter> parameter.
-         </para>
+         </simpara>
         </informalexample>
        </para>
       </note>