RE: [PHP] How to select a line from a web page source?

The simplest way I could think of would be to use a regex: /^(.*Jim.*)$/g (g=global) and then using $1 (the content of the parenthesis), this would give you the whole line containing "Jim". Greets, remo ps: is perl syntax, needs to be adjusted for php... > Hi there: > > I wanna select a line from a table which is in a php page resulted of a > mysql_query > > So far what i have is a way to search the text from only line and > then limit > the characters in substr ( ) > Thats a really wierd way to do it, i think, and my problem its the page im > trying to do its a template wich gives me a difentent line depending of > $user i choose. > > The code i have so far its this: > > $filename = "http://localhost/all.php"; > > $fcontents = join('', file ($filename)); > > $first = strstr ($fcontents, $user); > > $rest = substr ($first, 0, 108); > > wich works for example if $user = guessit , but if I use $user = > Jim doenst > work anymore cause "jim" its a word smaller than "guessit", and the limit > 108 will give in that case characters of next line.... > > heres part of the source of the page where im trying to grab lines : > > <tr><td>cow</td><td align=center>1</td><td > align=center>54</td><td > align=center>23</td><td align=center>77</td></tr> > <tr><td>mer</td><td align=center>2</td><td > align=center>44</td><td > align=center>0</td><td align=center>44</td></tr> > <tr><td>luis</td><td align=center>3</td><td > align=center>40</td><td > align=center>0</td><td align=center>40</td></tr> > <tr><td>Flix</td><td align=center>4</td><td > align=center>38</td><td > align=center>7</td><td align=center>45</td></tr> > <tr><td>Rulerman</td><td align=center>5</td><td > align=center>35</td><td > align=center>0</td><td align=center>35</td></tr> > <tr><td>Jim</td><td align=center>6</td><td > align=center>35</td><td > align=center>13</td><td align=center>48</td></tr> > <tr><td>guessit</td><td align=center>7</td><td > align=center>35</td><td > align=center>24</td><td align=center>59</td></tr> > <tr><td>womo</td><td align=center>8</td><td > align=center>34</td><td > align=center>23</td><td align=center>57</td></tr> > <tr><td>jay</td><td align=center>9</td><td > align=center>4</td><td > align=center>4</td><td align=center>8</td></tr> > > > As u can see, "guessit" line is 4 characters longer than "jim" and the 108 > limit wil give me in case of jim line 4 chars of next line. >