Pattern-Matching For Replacing Text

I've gone throught the PHP docs and cannot figure out how to do this, except I believe it will use the ereg-replace command.... I have one giant string, $read and I want to isolate one block of text out of it. Let's suppose $read = "Garbage Junk<P><B>Good Stuff</B><BR>Stuff To Keep<P>More Garbage And Junk"; Since $read is going to be slightly different each time, i won't know exactly what the "garbage" and the "good stuff" will be each time. The pattern to keep would be "<P><B>Good Stuff:%<P>" My original try was to do it in 2 steps.... $cleaned = str_replace("%<P><B>Good Stuff:%", "<P><B>Good Stuff:%", $read); $cleaned = str_replace("<P><B>Good Stuff:%<P>%", "<P><B>Good Stuff:%<P>", $cleaned); But that didn't work at all. How the heck do I strip away the junk???? Thanks, Jeff _______________________________________________________ Find the right art print for your home. * Search by artist, color, art style and subject. * Preview the art prints against your wall color. PopStreet.com is your avenue to art. http://www.popstreet.com _______________________________________________________