Hi, (.*?) - Any character (\s*?) - Multiline spaces and tabs On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 11:47 AM, Ron Piggott < ron.piggott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Thank you. > > Can you explain what > > (.*?)(\s*?) > > do? > > Ron > > > On 23/02/15 00:36, Jigar Dhulla wrote: > > http://refiddle.com/24zw > > <?php > > preg_match('/Sent > to(.*?)(\s*?)On(\s)(\d){2}-(\d){2}-(\d){2}(\s)(\d){2}\:(\d){2}(\s)(AM|PM),(.*?)(wrote:)/ig', > $correspondence, $matches); > var_dump($matches); > > ?> > > On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 10:03 AM, Ron Piggott < > ron.piggott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> >> I am wondering if someone could help me parse the text that appears above >> >> "On 15-02-19 02:31 PM, The Verse of the Day Inquiries wrote:" >> >> from the variable" $correspondence " >> >> $correspondence = <<<EOF >> Looking to see if this message is appended to the original ticket # >> 3784. >> Sent to inquiries@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> >> On 15-02-19 02:31 PM, The Verse of the Day Inquiries wrote: >> > >> > *=== To reply please type your response ABOVE THIS LINE ===* >> EOF; >> >> What I have worked out so far is: >> >> if ( strpos( $correspondence , '=== To reply please type your >> response ABOVE THIS LINE ===' ) ) { >> $correspondence = substr( >> $correspondence, >> 0, >> strpos( >> $correspondence, >> '=== To reply please type your response ABOVE THIS LINE >> ===' >> ) >> ); >> } >> >> The date time and business e-mail account name will be dynamic. The type >> of pattern to match would be >> - starting with "On" >> - ending with "wrote:" >> >> Thank you for any help / guidance. >> > > > > -- > Regards, > Jigar Dhulla > > > -- Regards, Jigar Dhulla
