On 10/16/06, Chrome <admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
*edit* sorry I didn't think and just hit reply on this instead of reply all... sorry Richard */edit* [snip] .*? is kinda silly -- .* mean "0 or more characters", and ? means "maybe" but putting them together has no added value, so lose the ? [/snip] I could be wrong (and under the considerable knowledge of Richard I certainly feel it :) ) but doesn't the ? after a quantifier signify that preceding pattern is to be taken as ungreedy?
Yes, this is correct. ? after * means means ungreedy in this paticular match. Curt. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
