note 76388 added to function.preg-match-all

<?php // Returns an array of strings where the start and end are found function findinside($start, $end, $string) { preg_match_all('/' . preg_quote($start, '/') . '([^\.)]+)'. preg_quote($end, '/').'/i', $string, $m); return $m[1]; } $start = "mary has"; $end = "lambs."; $string = "mary has 6 lambs. phil has 13 lambs. mary stole phil's lambs. now mary has all the lambs."; $out = findinside($start, $end, $string); print_r ($out); /* Results in ( [0] => 6 [1] => all the ) */ ?> ---- Server IP: 208.69.120.35 Probable Submitter: 209.194.189.187 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.preg-match-all.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/76388 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/76388/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/76388/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/76388/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/76388/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/76388/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/76388/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/76388 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/76388 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php