Re: Parsing

Is it possible that "Sent to" can be optional? You have been really helpful. I appreciate it. On 23/02/15 01:18, Jigar Dhulla wrote:

Hi, (.*?) - Any character (\s*?) - Multiline spaces and tabs On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 11:47 AM, Ron Piggott <ron.piggott@actsministries.org <mailto:ron.piggott@actsministries.org>> wrote:

    Thank you.

    Can you explain what

    (.*?)(\s*?)

    do?

    Ron

    On 23/02/15 00:36, Jigar Dhulla wrote:
    http://refiddle.com/24zw

    <?php

    preg_match('/Sent
    to(.*?)(\s*?)On(\s)(\d){2}-(\d){2}-(\d){2}(\s)(\d){2}\:(\d){2}(\s)(AM|PM),(.*?)(wrote:)/ig',
    $correspondence, $matches);
    var_dump($matches);

    ?>

    On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 10:03 AM, Ron Piggott
    <ron.piggott@actsministries.org
    <mailto:ron.piggott@actsministries.org>> wrote:

        I am wondering if someone could help me parse the text that
        appears above

           "On 15-02-19 02:31 PM, The Verse of the Day Inquiries wrote:"

        from the variable"  $correspondence "

           $correspondence = <<<EOF
           Looking to see if this message is appended to the original
        ticket #
           3784.
           Sent to inquiries@theverseoftheday.info
        <mailto:inquiries@theverseoftheday.info>

           On 15-02-19 02:31 PM, The Verse of the Day Inquiries wrote:

*=== To reply please type your response ABOVE THIS LINE

        ===*
           EOF;

        What I have worked out so far is:

           if ( strpos( $correspondence , '=== To reply please type your
           response ABOVE THIS LINE ===' ) ) {
                $correspondence = substr(
                    $correspondence,
                    0,
                    strpos(
                        $correspondence,
                        '=== To reply please type your response ABOVE
        THIS LINE
           ==='
                    )
                );
           }

        The date time and business e-mail account name will be
        dynamic.  The type of pattern to match would be
        - starting with "On"
        - ending with "wrote:"

        Thank you for any help / guidance.

    --     Regards,
    Jigar Dhulla

-- Regards, Jigar Dhulla