CODEWITHSUNDEEP
phpregex
user1204679
user1204679

Reputation: 7

PHP Regular Expressions on multiple lines

<table class="trailer">

------------------Begin---------------------
<tbody><tr>
<td class="newtrailer-text">
Trailer 2<br>
</td></tr>
<br>
<b>(Yahoo)</b><br>
<b>(High Definition)</b><br>
<a href="http://playlist.yahoo.com/makeplaylist.dll?sid=107193280&amp;sdm=web&amp;pt=rd">(1080p)</a><br>
<a href="http://playlist.yahoo.com/makeplaylist.dll?sid=107193279&amp;sdm=web&amp;pt=rd">(720p)</a><br>
<a href="http://playlist.yahoo.com/makeplaylist.dll?sid=107193272&amp;sdm=web&amp;pt=rd">(480p)</a><br>
<br>
<b>(Warner Bros.)</b><br>
<b>(High Definition)</b><br>
<a href="http://pdl.warnerbros.com/wbmovies/inception/trl_3/Inception_TRLR3_1080.mov">(1080p)</a><br>
<a href="http://pdl.warnerbros.com/wbmovies/inception/trl_3/Inception_TRLR3_720.mov">(720p)</a><br>
<a href="http://pdl.warnerbros.com/wbmovies/inception/trl_3/Inception_TRLR3_480.mov">(480p)</a>=
--------------END----------------

</tbody></table>

How would I get all the data between begin and end? I've tried the following with no results. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

$regex = '#<td class="newtrailer-text">([^"]+)</tbody></table>#si';

Upvotes: 0

Views: 149

Answers (3)

user895378
user895378

Reputation:

Here's the canonical link for why you should use DOM to parse (X)HTML: The pony, he comes.

But here's the deal with your regex:

([^"]+) will only match everything up to the first occurrence of a double-quote ". Your regex specifies that the first double quote must occur immediately before the </tbody> tag or no match will be found.

Instead, try:

$regex = '#<td class="newtrailer-text">(.+)</tbody></table>#siU';

if (preg_match($regex, $str, $m)) {
  echo $m[1];
} else {
  echo 'No match';
}

Upvotes: 2

anubhava
anubhava

Reputation: 784938

You can use non-greedy RrgEx like this:

if (preg_match_all('#------------------Begin---------------------(.*?)--------------END----------------#s', $str, $m) )
   print_r ( $m[1] );

Upvotes: 1

Kaii
Kaii

Reputation: 20540

$regex = '#<td class="newtrailer-text">(.+)</tbody></table>#Usi';

Upvotes: 2

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