-----Original Message----- From: Chris Purves [mailto:chris@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2012 8:26 PM To: php-general General Subject: help with preg_match Hello, I am trying to use preg_match to match something from an html file. Within the html file is some text that looks like: <span>Something, something end</span> I know that the text ends 'end', but I don't know what the Something, something is. I am using preg_match as follows: preg_match('/[^>]*end/',$curl_response,$matches); I want to match 'end' and everything before it that is not '>'. The problem appears to be with the '>'. I have tried escaping (\>), but it didn't make a difference. The php script hangs when it tries to run this function. -- Chris Purves "There's a time to think, and a time to act. And this, gentlemen, is no time to think." - Sheriff Bud B. Boomer -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php ------------------------------------------------------------------- You could try this preg_match_all('/(<span[^<>]*>*)(.*)(</span[^<>]*>)/is',$curl_response,$matc hes); print_r($matches); Rick -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
