RE: [PHP] Need help with RegEx

I got it. <?php $input = "<xmlJunk><status>Hello, World!</status></xmlJunk>"; preg_match("#<status>(.*?)</status>#s", $input, $matches); echo $matches[1]; ?> > -----Original Message----- > From: tg-php@gryffyndevelopment.com [mailto:tg-php@gryffyndevelopment.com] > Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 10:59 AM > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Cc: bfuller@cpacampaigns.com > Subject: RE: [PHP] Need help with RegEx > > If you didn't say "using regex" this is how I'd do it (untested, forgive > typos and such..ripped from some code I actively use and stripped down): > > <?PHP > > $_XML_RESPONSE_PARSER = xml_parser_create(); > xml_set_element_handler($_XML_RESPONSE_PARSER, > 'xml_response_open_element_function', > 'xml_response_close_element_function'); > xml_set_character_data_handler($_XML_RESPONSE_PARSER, > 'xml_response_handle_character_data'); > xml_parse($_XML_RESPONSE_PARSER, $_XML_RESPONSE, > strlen($_XML_RESPONSE)); > xml_parser_free($_XML_RESPONSE_PARSER); > ~ > $FoundStatusTag = false; > ~ > function xml_response_open_element_function($p, $element, $attributes) { > global $FoundStatusTag; > ~~ > if (strtoupper($element) == "STATUS") $FoundStatusTag = true; > } > ~ > function xml_response_close_element_function($p, $element){ > global $FoundStatusTag; > ~ > // do nothing special for now > } > ~ > function xml_response_handle_character_data($p, $cdata){ > global $FoundStatusTag; > ~ > if ($FoundStatusTag) { > echo $cdata; > $FoundStatusTag = false; > } > } > > ?> > > = = = Original message = = = > > The example provided didn't work for me. It gave me the same string > without > anything modified. > > I am also looking for this solution to strip out text from some XML > response > I get from posting data to a remote server. I can do it using substring > functions but I'd like something more compact and portable. (A one-liner > that I could modify for other uses as well) > > Example 1: > <someXMLtags> > ~<status>16664 Rejected: Invalid LTV</status> > </someXMLtags> > > Example 2: > <someXMLtags> > ~<status>Unable to Post, Invalid Information</status> > </someXMLtags> > > I want what is inside the <status> tags. > > Does anyone have a working solution how we can get the text from inside > these tags using regex? > > Much appreciated, > > B > > > ___________________________________________________________ > Sent by ePrompter, the premier email notification software. > Free download at http://www.ePrompter.com. > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >