note 102374 deleted from ref.pcre by danbrown

Note Submitter: gabriel_juchault at msn dot com 

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function preg_count($pattern, $subject, $flags=PREG_PATTERN_ORDER, $offset=0) {
    $i;
    return $r = preg_match_all($pattern, $subject, $i, $flags, $offset);
}

Clearly than an :
echo preg_match_all($pattern, $subject, $shrink);
And the name preg_count is more expressive.