One liner to get RegEx matches in PHP

preg_search

<?php
/**
 * Shortcut to doing regex without needing to worry about $matches
 * @param type $pattern
 * @param type $search
 * @param type $group
 */
function preg_search($pattern, $search, $group=1) {
    if (preg_match($pattern, $search, $matches)) {
        if (isset($matches[$group])) {
            return $matches[$group];
        }
        return false; 
    }
    return false; 
}