Re: Getting Results from function; snickers != buttery !

Thanks for working with me here but I need a little more help. $value=ereg_replace('[^>]*value="([^"]+)">','\\1',$string); Makes snickers = goodbaduglybuttery I need snickers = good marsbar = bad peppermintpatty = ugly butterfinger = buttery Here is the original code: $string='<input type="hidden" name="snickers" value="good"> <input type="hidden" name="marsbar" value="bad"> <input type="hidden" name="peppermintpatty" value="ugly"> <input type="hidden" name="butterfinger" value="buttery">'; $key=ereg_replace('<input type="hidden" name="([^"]+)".*','\\1',$string); $value=ereg_replace('.*value="([^"]+)">','\\1',$string); $$key=$value; print $snickers; Thanks again, Kevin BTW - thanks for the tip on monospace fonts. Now everyones sig will look much better :) ----- Original Message ----- From: Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <ignacio@openservices.net> To: Kevin Leavell <k@bigsky.net> Cc: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2000 11:26 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] Getting Results from function; snickers != buttery ! > On Wed, 15 Nov 2000, Kevin Leavell wrote: > > > I am not sure exactly what you mean here: What is "[^>]*" supposed to > > replace? > > > > > > > > > > $value=ereg_replace('.*value="([^"]+)">','\\1',$string); > > > ^^ > > > > > > Whoops. Try "[^>]*" instead. > > > > > > -- > > > Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <ignacio@openservices.net> > > > > > > > > > -- > > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > > > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > > > > > > Oh, you're using Outlook. If you use a monospaced font you'll see > clearly. But it's the ".*" right at the beginning of the RE. > > -- > Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <ignacio@openservices.net> > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >