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Konstantinos
Konstantinos

Reputation: 29

Catch comments with Regular expressions

When I write the regular expression on https://regex101.com/ \*.*?\* on dddd *ssssdedc* ddddddd I get the *ssssdedc* part.When I write this on a php file:

echo '<br />';
echo preg_match('/\\\*.*?\\\*/','dddd \*ssssdedc\* ddddddd',$matches);
echo '<br />';
var_dump($matches);

I get an empty string.Any suggestion?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 20

Answers (1)

Nigel Ren
Nigel Ren

Reputation: 57121

When you do the match, the extra \ you've included are making the strings not match. You only need to escape things like \ if you need it in the end result...

preg_match('/\\*.*?\\*/','dddd *ssssdedc* ddddddd',$matches);
var_dump($matches);

gives...

array(1) {
  [0] =>
  string(10) "*ssssdedc*"
}

Upvotes: 1

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