Found a solution
if (preg_match("/Form:[ ]*(.+)[ ]*<(.+)>/", "Form:Henry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>",
$info))
{
print_r($info);
}
else
print "Pattern not found";
but I'm refining it so that it doesn't need the last bit, any more pointers
appreciated!!!
Thanks All
Henry
"Henry Grech-Cini" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Hi All,
>
> I know that you will probably tell me to RTFM but I have (several times)
and
> I cannot quite understand it!
>
> So failing that I turn to you for help.
>
> I know that this is very trivial but please humour me.
>
> I have a line containing "From: Henry< henry @ zzzzzzzz.com >"
> (please ignore any spaces between the angled braces < >, they are just to
> fool outlook express)
>
> And I want to extract the name and the email address into the variables
> $name $email. I suspect using preg_match?
>
> TIA
>
> Henry
>
>
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