Re: multiline regex

I know I have to use pattern modifiers, but thats what Im saying its spewing errors when I try to implement it. I have been trying to fix it, but Im just lost. "Bahwi" <bahwi@josephguhlin.com> wrote in message news:3DF78D7D.9010203@josephguhlin.com... > Over here will help: > http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.pcre.php > http://www.php.net/manual/en/pcre.pattern.modifiers.php > > (From the second page: > > /m/ (PCRE_MULTILINE) > > By default, PCRE treats the subject string as consisting of a single > "line" of characters (even if it actually contains several > newlines). The "start of line" metacharacter (^) matches only at the > start of the string, while the "end of line" metacharacter ($) > matches only at the end of the string, or before a terminating > newline (unless /D/ modifier is set). This is the same as Perl. > > When this modifier is set, the "start of line" and "end of line" > constructs match immediately following or immediately before any > newline in the subject string, respectively, as well as at the very > start and end. This is equivalent to Perl's /m modifier. If there > are no "\n" characters in a subject string, or no occurrences of ^ > or $ in a pattern, setting this modifier has no effect. > > No, I'm not posting this angrily, but sometimes it's easier to answer a > question via cut and paste than writing up an answer yourself. =) I'm > lazily helpful! > > --Joseph Guhlin - http://www.josephguhlin.com/ > Was I helpful? Let others know: > http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=bahwi > >