Re: using preg_match to extract information from pop3

Hi All, This has to be easy to do using preg_match! Can no one spare a minute of their time? Henry "Henry Grech-Cini" <henry@teacake.force9.co.uk> wrote in message news:20030304141038.67345.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > 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 > >