Re: @#$@# Reg Expressions

mate you rock.. Martin Towell wrote:

try this - $the_array = spliti("<a ", $html); $the_array = preg_grep("</a>", $the_array); foreach($the_array as $k) echo ereg_replace("</a>.*", "", $k)."\n"; -----Original Message----- From: Jack Dempsey [mailto:dempsejn@georgetown.edu] Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 2:30 PM To: brendan; php-general@lists.php.net Subject: RE: [PHP] @#$@# Reg Expressions brendan, please clarify: you're "trying to strip out all links in the page that is between the <a href and </a>" you're trying to strip out all links and return them? if so, split won't work.....it splits on whatever the pattern is..... if you're trying to get all the links, you could do [this doesn't get <a name which is what you want i think] preg_match_all("|(<a href.*?</a>)|",$html,$matches); look at the preg_match_all page at php.net for info on how to use it ITE($url); $the_array=spliti("<A (.*)</A>", $html,-1); //spliti to avoid any case sensitivity. foreach($the_array AS $k) echo $k."<HR>"; I had given preg_split a go but just got flummoxed with the need to slash everything .. Martin .. I'd tried that .. but i get an array count of 0 from $the_array ..(from $the_array=split("<A ([^>]*)</A>", $html,-1); echo count($the_array); Jack Dempsey wrote:

ok, are you trying to get the links returned or just split on them? i

missed

your original post. watch your caps as well... i'd use preg_split also jack -----Original Message----- From: brendan [mailto:brendan.gogarty@utas.edu.au] Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 9:59 PM To: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: [PHP] @#$@# Reg Expressions thanks but it didnt work either .. ;) Matt Friedman wrote:

Try putting a "?" after your quantifier for "non-greedy" matching. Something like: $the_array=split("<A (.*?)</A>", $html,-1); Matt. ----- Original Message ----- From: "brendan" <brendan.gogarty@utas.edu.au> To: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 7:55 PM Subject: [PHP] @#$@# Reg Expressions

love em.. right now I hate em.. can someone inform me why the below doesnt work? it is intended to strip out all the links in a page and return an array .. insanity is just starting to set in.. cheers $html =GETSITE($url); // and put in a new line break behind every anchor tag $the_array=spliti("<A (.*)</A>", $html,-1); echo $the_array ; foreach($the_array AS $k) echo $k."<HR>"; } -- 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

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