Teck wrote: > I'm trying to find a way to get part of a string where the part is > matched with regular expressions. > > So, for example, if I have a string: > > a2b3cd5ef6ghi7232jklmn > > I need to grab "12b3cd5" using regular expressions and store the part > in a variable. Assuming you meant to grab '2b3cd5': $matches=preg_match( '/2b3cd5/',$text,$match ); $var=$match[0]; /Per Jessen, Zürich -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php