On 6/3/2012 8:26 PM, Chris Purves wrote:
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.
You didn't say the phrase is always enclosed in <span> tags; but I assume it is
not. This will handle any tags.
Try this pattern "%<[^>]+>(.+)\s+end\s*</%i" Note the % instead of "/" because
you need it in the pattern. Also, the \s are in case there are extra spaces.
Use print_r on your $matches. If you expect more than one, then use
preg_match_all()
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