Try putting a "?" after your quantifier for "non-greedy" matching.
Something like: $the_array=split("<A (.*?)</A>", $html,-1);
Matt.
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From: "brendan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 7:55 PM
Subject: [PHP] @#$@# Reg Expressions
> love em.. right now I hate em..
>
> can someone inform me why the below doesnt work?
> it is intended to strip out all the links in a page and return an array
> .. insanity is just starting to set in..
>
> cheers
>
> $html =GETSITE($url);
> // and put in a new line break behind every anchor tag
> $the_array=spliti("<A (.*)</A>", $html,-1);
> echo $the_array ;
> foreach($the_array AS $k) echo $k."<HR>";
> }
>
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