Re: Need help with RegEx

# spam@adcl.biz / 2006-12-11 02:02:46 -0600: > I am having a bit of problems wrapping my head around regular expressions. I > thought I had a good grip on them but, for some reason, the expression I've > created below simply doesn't work! Basically, I need to retreive all of the > text between two unique and specific tags but I don't need the tag text. So > let's say that the tag is > > <tag lang='ttt'>THIS IS A TEST</tag> > > I would need to retreive THIS IS A TEST only and nothing else. > > Now, a bit more information: I am using cURL to retreive the entire contents > of a webpage into a variable. I am then trying to perform the following > regular expression on the retreived text: > > $trans_text = preg_match("\/<div id=result_box dir=ltr>(.+?)<\/div>/"); > > The problem is that when I echo the value of $trans_text variable, I end up > with the entire HTML of the page. This is hardly the code you're actually using[1], can you please provide a piece of real code? [1] int preg_match ( string pattern, string subject [, array &matches [, int flags [, int offset]]] ) -- How many Vietnam vets does it take to screw in a light bulb? You don't know, man. You don't KNOW. Cause you weren't THERE. http://bash.org/?255991