Re: preg_match question...
| From: | Alpár Török | Date: | Fri, 06 Feb 2009 14:06:33 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: preg_match question... | ||
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preg_match('/^([0-9]+) (.)+/',$sString,$aMatches);
Matches will be 1 => the number ; 2 => the text. The expression only matches
if there is any character after the space. Not necessarily text, it might
be another number or special characters
2009/2/6 bruce <bedouglas@earthlink.net>
> hi...
>
> trying to figure out the best approach to using preg_match to extract the
> number from the follwing type of line...
>
> " 131646 sometext follows.."
>
> basically, i want to extract the number, without the text, but i have to be
> able to match on the "text"
>
> i've been playing with different preg_match regexs.. but i'm missing
> something obvious!
>
> thoughts/comments..
>
>
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