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MongoDB\BSON\Regex::getFlags	MongoDB\BSON\Regex::jsonSerialize

MongoDB\BSON\Regex	Last updated: Mon, 26 Oct 2026

MongoDB\BSON\Regex::getPattern

(mongodb >=1.0.0)

MongoDB\BSON\Regex::getPattern — Returns the Regex's pattern

Description

final public function MongoDB\BSON\Regex::getPattern(): string

Parameters

This function has no parameters.

Return Values

Returns the Regex's pattern.

Errors/Exceptions

Throws MongoDB\Driver\Exception\InvalidArgumentException on argument parsing errors.

Examples

Example #1 MongoDB\BSON\Regex::getPattern() example

<?php

$regex = new MongoDB\BSON\Regex('regex', 'i');
var_dump($regex->getPattern());

?>

The above example will output something similar to:

string(5) "regex"

See Also

» BSON Types

MongoDB\BSON\Regex::getFlags	MongoDB\BSON\Regex::jsonSerialize

MongoDB\BSON\Regex	Last updated: Mon, 26 Oct 2026