Re: Regular expression to find from start of string to first space

On 08/08/06, Dave M G <martin@autotelic.com> wrote:

PHP, Shouldn't this regular expression select everything from the start of the string to the first space character: $firstWord = preg_match('#^*(.*) #iU', $word); It doesn't, so clearly I'm wrong, but here's why I thought it would: . stands for any single character, not *. Also, # is the delimiter, but you can use a variety of deliimters. The following should work:

^[\w\d]+\s{1} ^ start of line [\w\d]+ range of any digits or letters, one or more (\s{1}) exactly one whitespace character hope this helps! -- http://www.web-buddha.co.uk http://www.projectkarma.co.uk