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From: Chris Purves [mailto:ch...@northfolk.ca]
Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2012 8:26 PM
To: php-general General
Subject: [PHP] help with preg_match
Hello,
I am trying to use preg_match to match something from an html file.
Within the html file is some text that looks like:
<span>Something, something end</span>
I know that the text ends 'end', but I don't know what the Something,
something is. I am using preg_match as follows:
preg_match('/[^>]*end/',$curl_response,$matches);
I want to match 'end' and everything before it that is not '>'.
The problem appears to be with the '>'. I have tried escaping (\>), but it
didn't make a difference. The php script hangs when it tries to run this
function.
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Chris Purves
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to think." - Sheriff Bud B. Boomer
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You could try this
preg_match_all('/(<span[^<>]*>*)(.*)(</span[^<>]*>)/is',$curl_response,$matc
hes);
print_r($matches);
Rick
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