> -----Original Message----- > From: Eric Butera [mailto:eric.butera@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 12:00 PM > To: Boyd, Todd M. > Cc: Ryan S; php php > Subject: Re: Little regex help please... > > On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 12:52 PM, Boyd, Todd M. <tmboyd1@xxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > I don't believe you need both the / and the # for delimiters in your > > RegEx. Try using just # (since / is actually going to be in the text > > you're searching for) like this: > > > > <?php > > $data = > > file_get_contents("http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQ2dKXGAjNg";); > > preg_match('#<title>([^<]*)</title>#iU', $data, $match); > > $title = $match[1]; > > echo $title; > > ?> > > You can also escape the / like \/. Very true... but I think everything gets a bit convoluted when you escape your forward-slashes instead of just choosing a more convenient delimiter--especially when URLs are involved. I've seen a few regex that look ridiculous for that very reason: /http:\/\/www\.asdf\.com\/blah\/foobar\.php/i ... looks like a zig-zaggy mess. :) My 2c, Todd Boyd Web Programmer
