this is a how to check if PHP Perl Compatible Regular Expressions extension for PHP 4.3.0+ and higher

the only thing you need to do is creat a phpinfo file

click here to learn how to create a phpinfo file.

once you have your phpinfo file open it with your browser and look for the pcre section:

this is what mine showed:

pcre

PCRE (Perl Compatible Regular Expressions) Support enabled
PCRE Library Version 4.5 01-December-2003


if you have it disabled, you can edit your php.ini file to enable it.