Thanks ... with a bit of hacking I can make it work ... ;) ... Danny On Dec 13 15, shiplu : > To: Danny <mynixmail@xxxxxxxxx> > Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2015 17:10:46 +0600 > From: shiplu <shiplu.net@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: Converting SED expression to preg_match() > > Extracting with XPath is much easier. Why bother regex? > > $doc = new DOMDocument(); > $doc->loadHTMLFile("yourfile.html"); > $xpath = new DOMXPath($doc); > $nodes = $xpath->query('//pre/span//text()'); > foreach($nodes as $node){ > echo $node->nodeValue. "\n"; > } > > This prints > > http://paste.ubuntu.com/13987562/ > > > On Sun, Dec 13, 2015 at 3:41 PM, Danny <mynixmail@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi guys, > > I am trying to convert the following SED line to do the same thing in > preg_match() ... > > sed -netP -e's/<br>[[:alpha:]][0-9]\{3}[^<]*<br>/\n&\n/;D;:P' -eP\;D > > Any pointers would be appreciated ... > > more infor can be found here: > unix.stackexchange.com/questions/247730/ > regular-expression-not-matching-all-possibilities > > Thank You > Danny > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > -- > Shiplu.Mokadd.im > Unix Hacker > > Innovation distinguishes between follower and leader > — Steve Jobs > > An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very > narrow field. > — Neils Bohr -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php