On Tuesday 23 July 2002 15:38, Jason Soza wrote: > Alright, I see that this is probably the way to go, but I'm dying here. I > have this: > > $filename = > fopen("http://www.kinyradio.com/juneaunews/latest_juneau_news.html", "r"); > $contents = fread($filename, 1000000); > preg_match_all("|<font face=\"Verdana\" size=\"3\"><b>+[-a-zA-Z0-9,. > ]+|i", $contents, $out); > print_r($out);
Assuming that the <font> and <b> tags are closed and you want everything in between then try this: preg_match_all("|<font face=\"Verdana\" size=\"3\"><b>(.*)</b></font>|i", $contents, $out); > The manual entries for preg_match and preg_match_all pretty much assume you > have a working knowledge of reg expressions, which I don't, and a google > search turned up a bunch of pages, none of which I could understand enough > to be of help. So, any pointers would be appreciated. Thanks! You want to read up on "Pattern Modifiers" and "Pattern Syntax", that's where all the regex black magic is explained. -- Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.com.hk Open Source Software Systems Integrators * Web Design & Hosting * Internet & Intranet Applications Development * /* He's dead, Jim. -- McCoy, "The Devil in the Dark", stardate 3196.1 */ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php