Topic: [SOLVED] another preg_match_all() problem

[ted_chou12]

here I have a text:

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<p class="pagination" align=center>nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="link.html">1</a>text in
between <a href="link.html>2</a>text....</p>
How do I get the 1 and 2 in an array?
what I am trying is:

preg_match_all("/<p\sclass=\"pagination\"\salign=center>.*?<a\shref=\".*?\">(\d)<\/a>.*?<\/p>/s", $content, $array, PREG_PATTERN_ORDER);

But this seems only to give 1 but not 2???
How should I do it?
Thanks,
Ted.

[ddrudik]

It depends how the source string might vary, you might consider:

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<?php
$sourcestring="your source string";
preg_match_all('~<p class="pagination" align=center>nbsp;&nbsp;<a [^>]*>([^<]*)</a>[^<]*<a [^>]*>([^<]*)~',$sourcestring,$matches);
echo "<pre>".print_r($matches,true);
?>

$matches Array:
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [0] => <p class="pagination" align=center>nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="link.html">1</a>text in
between <a href="link.html>2
        )

    [1] => Array
        (
            [0] => 1
        )

    [2] => Array
        (
            [0] => 2
        )

)


[.josh]

damn ted, you sure do have a lot of regex questions.  maybe you should just buck up and read a regex tutorial or two.

[ted_chou12]

yeah, I should, but there are so much to learn.
ddrudik, sorry for not clarifying, the nbsp;&nbsp; should be replaced with any variable text in between.
Thanks again,

[ddrudik]

If the &nbsp;&nbsp; can be any non-tag text:

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preg_match_all('~<p class="pagination" align=center>[^<]*<a [^>]*>([^<]*)</a>[^<]*<a [^>]*>([^<]*)~',$sourcestring,$matches);If the &nbsp;&nbsp; can be any non-a href tag text (less preferred):

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preg_match_all('~<p class="pagination" align=center>.*?<a [^>]*>([^<]*)</a>[^<]*<a [^>]*>([^<]*)~s',$sourcestring,$matches);

[nrg_alpha]

damn ted, you sure do have a lot of regex questions.  maybe you should just buck up and read a regex tutorial or two.

yeah, I should, but there are so much to learn.

So by this response, this means that instead of reading up on things, doing some tutorials perhaps, it's best to simply post every problem on here and have others solve things? While it is the 'easy way', it's not the 'best way'. I would recommend taking some time out and going through the regex manual.. have a glance at the resources, or even pick up this book, which is amazing at teaching the inner workings of regex.

Otherwise, you're not maximizing your learning of regex. It's all intimidating.. I know.. been there.. done that. But trust me.. once you start to grasp the basics, everything starts to click.. And before you know it, you won't need to rely on others to solve your porblems (unless you're REALLY stuck).

Cheers,

NRG

[corbin]

To piggyback on nrg_alpha's response, you're the proverbial man being taught to fish, except you refuse to learn, and some day someone isn't going to be there to fish for you ;p.

[ted_chou12]

pretty true