> -----Original Message----- > From: Rene Veerman [mailto:rene7705@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 8:50 AM > To: php php > Subject: Re: how can i lookup the index in a string where a > regexp matches? > > Rene Veerman wrote: > > hi, i need to search with regexps in strings, and want to know the > > index (of the source string) at which the regexp matched. and the > > length of the matched string, so with substitutions like \d+.. > > > > i'm kinda in a hurry on this one, would appreciate your immediate > > answer very much.. > > > :D i shouldnt scan texts to fast anymore.. esp when i'm in a hurry > > http://nl.php.net/manual/en/function.preg-match.php > > |<?php > $subject = "abcdef"; > $pattern = '/^def/'; > preg_match($pattern, substr($subject,3), $matches, > PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE); > print_r($matches); > ?> | > > will produce > > Array > ( > [0] => Array > ( > [0] => def > [1] => 0 > ) > > ) Are you sure about the ^? I would think '/^def/' would look for "def" at the beginning of the line... anyway, glad to see you found out about the PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE flag. // Todd -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
