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preg_match('/blah(.*?)/', $text, $matches)
in the case of perl regexp's, you have to specifically
tell the regexp not to be greedy. the ? regexp modifier
is how you do this. (otherwise, the regexp will try and
match
Yes, Perl is greedy
I was actually using ereg which I believe is POSIX, so POSIX must be greedy
too!
Aral :)
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On Monday 25 June 2001 09:27, Richard Lynch wrote:
That's because POSIX is greedy. Or Perl is greedy. Whatever.
Perl is greedy. It *should* have worked with eregi...
body.*
Unfortunately it matches everything from the body tag onwards and
doesn't stop at the greater-than sign. It
this:
now
sasfd asdf asdf
/html
and the non-greedy will match something like this:
now
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From: Richard Lynch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Subject: Re: [PHP] Help with simple regular expression
That's because POSIX is greedy. Or Perl is greedy. Whatever.
When one
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That's because POSIX is greedy. Or Perl is greedy. Whatever.
When one of them does that, use the other one.
Instead of eregi, use pregi.
Disclaimer: What I know about Regex could fit in a matchbook
That's because POSIX is greedy. Or Perl is greedy. Whatever.
Perl is greedy. It *should* have worked with eregi...
body.*
Yes, Perl is greedy (there has to be some kind of default behaviour)!
BUT it is SO easy to make it decent:
/body.*?/
that's it!!!
michi
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(eg. body bgcolor=gg)
Lol... by the way gg must be an interesting color :)
Aral
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body.*
Try this: /\body[^\]*\/
Hope this helps
Kristian
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body[^\]* worked... thanks Kristian...
As I get it -- match body then any number of characters that aren't greater
than signs then a greater than sign -- Is that right? (I'm really trying to
get my head around this regex thing.)
Thanks,
Aral :)
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