Re: [PHP] preg_match question...

2009-02-06 Thread Jim Lucas
bruce wrote: > 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 b

Re: [PHP] preg_match question...

2009-02-06 Thread Alpár Török
preg_match('/^([0-9]+) (.)+/',$sString,$aMatches); Matches will be 1 => the number ; 2 => the text. The expression only matches if there is any character after the space. Not necessarily text, it might be another number or special characters 2009/2/6 bruce > hi... > > trying to figure out the

Re: [PHP] preg_match question

2004-08-18 Thread John Holmes
Nicklas Bondesson wrote: How do I find an exact match of a string with preg_match? Example: String1: www.test.com/ String2: www.test.com/somepage.php?param1=true How do you write the regexp to only return String1 and not String2 when you match against "www.test.com" ?? I've heard == works well. Or

Re: [PHP] preg_match question

2004-08-18 Thread Curt Zirzow
* Thus wrote Nicklas Bondesson: > Actually I think I got it working now (without escaping the "."). cause . is any character wwwatestbcom will get matched as well. Curt -- First, let me assure you that this is not one of those shady pyramid schemes you've been hearing about. No, sir. Our m

RE: [PHP] preg_match question

2004-08-18 Thread Nicklas Bondesson
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RE: [PHP] preg_match question

2004-08-18 Thread John Legg
--- Is it clever to use word boundary here? "/b"? Nicke From: John Legg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: den 18 augusti 2004 18:02 To: "Nicklas Bondesson" Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PHP] preg_match question Try using a p

RE: [PHP] preg_match question

2004-08-18 Thread Nicklas Bondesson
Is it clever to use word boundary here? "/b"? Nicke From: John Legg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: den 18 augusti 2004 18:02 To: "Nicklas Bondesson" Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PHP] preg_match question Try using a pattern

Re: [PHP] preg_match question

2004-08-18 Thread Matt M.
On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 17:16:24 +0200, Nicklas Bondesson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > How do I find an exact match of a string with preg_match? > > Example: > > String1: www.test.com/ > String2: www.test.com/somepage.php?param1=true > > How do you write the regexp to only return String

Re: [PHP] preg_match question

2004-08-18 Thread John Legg
Try using a pattern set to the following: $pattern = "/^www.test.com$/"; and refer to: http://uk.php.net/manual/en/reference.pcre.pattern.syntax.php Rgds John --- Hello, How do I find an exact match of a string with preg_match? Example: String1: www.test.com/ String2: www.test.com/somepa

Re: [PHP] preg_match question

2004-07-21 Thread John Van Pelt
Thank you both Jason and Curt... Looks like I was pretty close... In fact, I found a fault in my logic, too, that meant only some but not all instances of $element were being validated, even after i got the preg function right! But it's all working great now. - john > > > > As John has previousl

Re: [PHP] preg_match question

2004-07-20 Thread Curt Zirzow
* Thus wrote Jason Wong: > On Wednesday 21 July 2004 10:04, John Van Pelt wrote: > > > function isWord($element) { > > return !preg_match ("/[^A-Za-z\-\(\)\s]/", $element); > > } > > > > I want to test the string $element and make sure that it contains nothing > > but: > > - characters A-Z >

Re: [PHP] preg_match question

2004-07-20 Thread Jason Wong
On Wednesday 21 July 2004 10:04, John Van Pelt wrote: > function isWord($element) { > return !preg_match ("/[^A-Za-z\-\(\)\s]/", $element); > } > > I want to test the string $element and make sure that it contains nothing > but: > - characters A-Z > - characters a-z > - hyphen > -

Re: [PHP] Preg_match question

2004-05-29 Thread Daniel Clark
Great quote Jeroen. >>Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent >>psychopath who knows where you live. >> -- Martin Golding -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

RE: [PHP] Preg_match question

2004-05-29 Thread Marco Tabini
> Is there a preg to find a "?" in a string since a "?" is used for > calculations as I see it. > You just need to escape it with a backslash, e.g. \? Good luck, Marco -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

RE: [PHP] Preg_match question

2004-05-29 Thread Dave Carrera
al Message- From: Marco Tabini [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 29 May 2004 13:32 To: 'Dave Carrera'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [PHP] Preg_match question I guess the simplest would be to use preg_match_all on '//i' Assuming that all your links are in that format, t

RE: [PHP] Preg_match question

2004-05-29 Thread Marco Tabini
I guess the simplest would be to use preg_match_all on '//i' Assuming that all your links are in that format, this will extract all the contents of the href portion of the links in your string. There was a regex series on our magazine that also covered more complex examples of this kind. Cheers

Re: [PHP] Preg_match question

2004-05-29 Thread Jeroen Serpieters
On Sat, 29 May 2004, Dave Carrera wrote: > > Link returned = Of to some page > > The bit I want to play with is ./somepage.php. > $str = 'Of to some page'; if( preg_match("//Ui", $str, $matches) ) echo $matches[1]; else echo "string didn't match"; -- Jeroen Always code as if t

Re: [PHP] preg_match question: locating unmatched HTML tags

2003-02-22 Thread Tom Rogers
Hi, Saturday, February 22, 2003, 12:35:15 PM, you wrote: AC> My apologies in advance if this too basic or there's a solution easily AC> found out there, but after lots of searching, I'm still lost. AC> I'm trying to build a regexp that would parse user-supplied text and AC> identify cases wher

Re: [PHP] preg_match question: locating unmatched HTML tags

2003-02-22 Thread Tom Rogers
Hi, Saturday, February 22, 2003, 12:35:15 PM, you wrote: AC> My apologies in advance if this too basic or there's a solution easily AC> found out there, but after lots of searching, I'm still lost. AC> I'm trying to build a regexp that would parse user-supplied text and AC> identify cases wher

RE: [PHP] preg_match question: locating unmatched HTML tags

2003-02-22 Thread Andy Crain
d to check the output of that to make sure there aren't any extraneous tags. Andy > -Original Message- > From: John W. Holmes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2003 5:04 PM > To: 'Andy Crain'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [PHP] preg_matc

RE: [PHP] preg_match question: locating unmatched HTML tags

2003-02-22 Thread John W. Holmes
copy today. http://www.phparch.com/ > -Original Message- > From: Andy Crain [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2003 4:54 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [PHP] preg_match question: locating unmatched HTML tags > > John, > Thanks. I'm consi

RE: [PHP] preg_match question: locating unmatched HTML tags

2003-02-22 Thread Andy Crain
n checking its first match, at . Andy > -Original Message- > From: Ernest E Vogelsinger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2003 5:48 AM > To: Andy Crain > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [PHP] preg_match question: locating unmatched HTML tags >

RE: [PHP] preg_match question: locating unmatched HTML tags

2003-02-22 Thread Andy Crain
TED] > Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2003 1:06 AM > To: 'Andy Crain'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [PHP] preg_match question: locating unmatched HTML tags > > > I'm trying to build a regexp that would parse user-supplied text and > > identify cases where

Re: [PHP] preg_match question: locating unmatched HTML tags

2003-02-22 Thread Ernest E Vogelsinger
At 03:35 22.02.2003, Andy Crain said: [snip] >My apologies in advance if this too basic or there's a solution easily >found out there, but after lots of searching, I'm still lost. > >I'm trying to build a regexp that would parse user-supplied text and >identi

RE: [PHP] preg_match question: locating unmatched HTML tags

2003-02-21 Thread John W. Holmes
> I'm trying to build a regexp that would parse user-supplied text and > identify cases where HTML tags are left open or are not properly > matched-e.g., tags without closing tags. This is for a sort of > message board type of application, and I'd like to allow users to use > some HTML, but just