RE: [PHP] Need help with a regex

Pretty easy, just make the regex stuff a little less greedy .. ;) class='newsitemcontent-td' colspan=2>(.*?)<\/td><\/tr>/ That would catch it .. And yes, the question mark is both correct and confusing. But it doesn't mean "maybe" in here. Now let's hope that your post doesn't include <td></tr> .. Wouter Ps. I'm assuming you use perl compatible regexes (preg_*) and not POSIX (ereg_*), don't know if this works for POSIX as well -----Original Message----- From: Adam Zey [mailto:guspaz@gus.ath.cx] Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2003 7:07 PM To: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: [PHP] Need help with a regex I'm using the following regex: /<tr><td class='newsitemtitle-td'>([^<]*)<\/td><td class='newsitemposter-td'><span class=([^>]*)>([^<]*)<\/span>([^<]*)<\/td><\/tr> <tr><td class='newsitemcontent-td' colspan=2>([^<]*)<\/td><\/tr>/ Everything works well, except I've ran into one problem. In the last text field, the bulk of the newsitem, sometimes the poster includes some HTML tags (Like "<br \>", but others could be inserted). What I need to do is modify that last submatch "([^<]*)" so that instead of matching until it reaches a "<" (It catches on the br tag and ruins the match), it will match until it reaches the entire <\/td> tag. Can somebody help me out with this? I'm completely stumped about how to go about doing a "match until string" as opposed to a "match until character". Regards, Adam. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.520 / Virus Database: 318 - Release Date: 18/09/2003 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php