Re: pcre functions help

or another solution: if (preg_match('|(?<=\()(.+)(?=\()|i',$page,$matches)) { $thedate = $matches[0]; } ----- Original Message ----- From: "php" <php@frontierit.com> To: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2001 9:29 AM Subject: [PHP] pcre functions help > Hello all, > > I am playing with the prce functions... > > Just for examples sake I want to parse a page (string) > and the date is in brackets. > > ie $page = "adsfasdfadsfadsf (10/10/01 4:00:00PM) adsfadsf"; > > now if i use: > > if (preg_match('/\(.+\)/i',$page,$matches)) { > $thedate = $matches[0]; > } > > $thedate will return (10/10/01 4:00:00PM) > when all I really want is whats BETWEEN the brackets, ie 10/10/01 4:00:00PM > > is there a "better" way to match, so that my "matching" criteria is > excluded? > > thank you, > > Sean > > > -- > 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 >