Which parts of the text are matched in the following regular expression? $text = <<<EOT The big bang bonged under the bung. EOT; preg_match_all('/(@b.n?g@', $text, $matches);

The correct answer is C. big bang bong bung. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.

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Question

Which parts of the text are matched in the following regular expression?
$text = <<<EOT
The big bang bonged under the bung.
EOT;
preg_match_all('/(@b.n?g@', $text, $matches);

Options

Abang bong bung
Bbang bonged bung
Cbig bang bong bung
Dbig bang bung

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A
9% (3)
B
3% (1)
C
84% (27)
D
3% (1)

Topics

#preg_match_all#regex quantifiers#character patterns#word boundary

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