Re: Need help with a regex

Thanks, that did the trick :) Only thing was I had to modify it for newline support: <tr><td class='newsitemtitle-td'>([^<]*)<\/td><td class='newsitemposter-td'><span class=([^>]*)>([^<]*)<\/span>([^<]*)<\/td><\/tr> <tr><td class='newsitemcontent-td' colspan=2>((.|\n)*?)<\/td><\/tr> Regards, Adam. "Esctoday.Com | Wouter Van Vliet" <wouter@esctoday.com> wrote in message news:20030921172226.95E2C77B8B@smtp6.wanadoo.nl... > 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 --- 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