# Regex - `Regex(string $regex)` Validates whether the input matches a defined regular expression. ```php v::regex('/[a-z]/')->validate('a'); // true ``` Message template for this validator includes `{{regex}}`. ## Categorization - Strings ## Changelog Version | Description --------|------------- 0.3.9 | Created *** See also: - [Alnum](Alnum.md) - [Alpha](Alpha.md) - [Contains](Contains.md) - [CreditCard](CreditCard.md) - [Decimal](Decimal.md) - [Digit](Digit.md) - [EndsWith](EndsWith.md) - [PhpLabel](PhpLabel.md) - [Roman](Roman.md) - [StartsWith](StartsWith.md) - [Version](Version.md)