> -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Lucas [mailto:lists@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 12:13 PM > To: Ryan S > Cc: Eric Butera; Boyd, Todd M.; php php > Subject: Re: Little regex help please... > > Too quick on the reply.... > > forgot not to escape the forward slash on the closing title tag > > preg_match('#<title>([^<]*)</title>#iU',$data,$match); That'll do, Jim. :) I also thought it worth mentioning that by telling a catch-all character sequence (.*) not to be "greedy", another viable solution would be this: preg_match('#<title>(.*?)</title>#iU', $data, $match); The ? will stop it when it reaches </title> through back-tracking. Probably less-efficient in more complex regex patterns, but I find it can help make the patterns more readable at-a-glance in regex-heavy code blocks. Sorry.. a bit OT.. and the OP has already been answered. Meh. Todd Boyd Web Programmer -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
