@ is nothing but a start and end symbol.. notice it at begining and end.
i at end means case insensitive
generally all books and tutorials show examples with a slash.. but anything that is not a symbol in regex too can work like pipe, hash etc etc.
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From: manika bhatia <manika_bhatia@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: php-objects@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, 10 June, 2008 3:53:00 PM
Subject: help in regular expression
can anyone explain this regular expression
'@^(?:http:/ /)?([^/]+ )@i
what is the meaning of @
thanks
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