A basic test for regular expressions

regex_test.php

function isTable($string) {
if (preg_match("/^cms_/i", $string)) {  //this is where you place the regex that you want to test
    return TRUE;
} else {

    return FALSE;
}
}

$string= ["cms_phone_apps", "cms_phone", "cms phone", "phone_cms"];  //using php 5.4's new array syntax rocks!

// we set two counters to count how many true/false we get for our expressions
$is=0;
$isnot=0;

foreach ($string as $key => $value):

if(isTAble($value)):

echo $value.":It is a table\n";
$is++;
else:

echo $value.":It is not a table\n";
$isnot++;
endif;
endforeach;

if($is == 2 && $isnot == 2):  //here we setup howmany true/false we expect and set a pass/fail return on our test
	echo("PASS");
else:
	echo("FAIL");
endif;