need help creating a non matching regex pattern

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i'm trying to create a regex pattern that returns true if a certain word is not found. Ive tried using [^word] but that doesn't match up against a word just the individual characters as they appear.

I need preg_match(using php) to return true cause there are other words that I to match and return true.

possible duplicate of [Regular expression to match string not containing a word?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/406230/regular-expression-to-match-string-not-containing-a-word) — Bart Kiers, Feb 06 '11 at 21:28

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 06 '11 at 21:16

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if you are looking for a string within a string (no pattern needed) then use strstr() or stristr()

answered Feb 06 '11 at 21:16

CrayonViolent

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 06 '11 at 21:17

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if (!preg_match("/word/", $string)) { // <-- true, if not match
    // code here
}

answered Feb 06 '11 at 21:17

realmfoo

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need help creating a non matching regex pattern

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