note 77629 added to function.ereg

Hi, I am new in PHP coding and i have a problem with the ereg() function result, i want to find links in some HTML codes, i put function like code below: ereg("<a.*.</a>",$contentField,$linkres) but output of $linkres[0] is a HTML text that starts with first '<a' and finishes with the last '</a>' of page. my problem is about finding the best pattern for this to work, please help me, i don't know the parts if this site so if i must ask it in another place please tell me. thanks AHHP ---- Server IP: 217.218.177.42 Probable Submitter: 84.47.210.7 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.ereg.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/77629 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/77629/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/77629/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/77629/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/77629/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/77629/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/77629/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/77629 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/77629 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php