hi... trying to figure out the best approach to using preg_match to extract the number from the follwing type of line... " 131646 sometext follows.." basically, i want to extract the number, without the text, but i have to be able to match on the "text" i've been playing with different preg_match regexs.. but i'm missing something obvious! thoughts/comments.. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php