preg_match ;)

Hi there! Sorry for annoying you with stupid questions, but actually i am fooling around with this problem since hours: 3:<br><b>foo &middot; what i need is (what else?) foo. i followed the http referer example on php.net but i simply failed - i never get foo if i try to match it somewhat like this: preg_match("/(:<br><b>)?([^&]+)/i", $value, $matches); i tried many variations of this version, but all failed someone who could enligthen me? Mit freundlichen Grüssen |*| |*| [Johannes Reichardt] |*| ************************ |*| Webaddict +49172/3895500 |*| gramba.net:typorized.com |*|