How can I validate regex?

by 
// This is valid, both opening ( and closing )
var_dump(preg_match('~Valid(Regular)Expression~', '') === false);
// This is invalid, no opening ( for the closing )
var_dump(preg_match('~InvalidRegular)Expression~', '') === false);

As the user pozs said, also consider putting @ in front of preg_match() (@preg_match()) in a testing environment to prevent warnings or notices.

To validate a RegExp just run it against null (no need to know the data you want to test against upfront). If it returns explicit false (=== false), it’s broken. Otherwise it’s valid though it need not match anything.

So there’s no need to write your own RegExp validator. It’s wasted time…

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