Re: PHP preg_match_all()
| From: | Marek Kilimajer | Date: | Fri, 21 Mar 2003 16:15:55 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: PHP preg_match_all() | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.general |
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It's in the manual:
/U/ (PCRE_UNGREEDY)
This modifier inverts the "greediness" of the quantifiers so that
they are not greedy by default, but become greedy if followed by
"?". It is not compatible with Perl. It can also be set by a (?U)
modifier setting within the pattern.
Jay Fitzgerald wrote:
preg_match_all("|<img src=/news/(.*)>|U", $read, $result2); can anyone fill me in if my logic is not correct and what exactly the |U is doing in this function?