""bruce"" <bedouglas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:234801c98863$88f27260$0301a8c0@xxxxxxxxxxxx > hi... > > trying to figure out the best approach to using preg_match to extract the > number from the follwing type of line... > > " 131646 sometext follows.." > > basically, i want to extract the number, without the text, but i have to > be > able to match on the "text" > > i've been playing with different preg_match regexs.. but i'm missing > something obvious! > > thoughts/comments.. > How about preg_match('#(\d+)(.)+#',$haystack,$match) if I remember right $match[0] would be all of it $match[1] would be the numbers $match[2] would be the text -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
