getting text between two comments

[Nigel]

I have access to a page that stores data as HTML. The code has two comments
around the data that I want to get called <!-- START --> and <!-- END -->

Question is, how do i read the page and grab the code that is between these
two comments

Nigel

[Tim Van Wassenhove]

Re: getting text between two comments

On 2004-01-12, Nigel <nobody@here.co m> wrote:[color=blue]
> I have access to a page that stores data as HTML. The code has two comments
> around the data that I want to get called <!-- START --> and <!-- END -->
>
> Question is, how do i read the page and grab the code that is between these
> two comments[/color]

You can find all your answers in the manual. http://www.php.net/manual

Opening, reading and closing a file -> file functions.
Finding something in a string -> string functions.


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[Chung Leong]

Re: getting text between two comments

To read the page, use file_get_conten ts(<filename>). To get the code use
preg_match(), like this:

if(preg_match('/<!-- START -->(.*)<!-- END -->/', $html, $matches)) {
$code = $matches[1];
}

Uzytkownik "Nigel" <nobody@here.co m> napisal w wiadomosci
news:btueap$pra $1$8300dec7@new s.demon.co.uk.. .[color=blue]
> I have access to a page that stores data as HTML. The code has two[/color]
comments[color=blue]
> around the data that I want to get called <!-- START --> and <!-- END -->
>
> Question is, how do i read the page and grab the code that is between[/color]
these[color=blue]
> two comments
>
> Nigel
>
>[/color]

[Chung Leong]

Re: getting text between two comments

Oops, forgot the s modifier. Should be like this:

if(preg_match('/<!-- START -->(.*)<!-- END -->/s', $html, $matches)) {
$code = $matches[1];
}

Uzytkownik "Chung Leong" <chernyshevsky@ hotmail.com> napisal w wiadomosci
news:BqudnfxkS5 N4op7dRVn-sw@comcast.com. ..[color=blue]
> To read the page, use file_get_conten ts(<filename>). To get the code use
> preg_match(), like this:
>
> if(preg_match('/<!-- START -->(.*)<!-- END -->/', $html, $matches)) {
> $code = $matches[1];
> }
>
> Uzytkownik "Nigel" <nobody@here.co m> napisal w wiadomosci
> news:btueap$pra $1$8300dec7@new s.demon.co.uk.. .[color=green]
> > I have access to a page that stores data as HTML. The code has two[/color]
> comments[color=green]
> > around the data that I want to get called <!-- START --> and <!--[/color][/color]
END -->[color=blue][color=green]
> >
> > Question is, how do i read the page and grab the code that is between[/color]
> these[color=green]
> > two comments
> >
> > Nigel
> >
> >[/color]
>
>[/color]