extracting delimited text from a file

[Christopher Glaeser]

I want to extract several lines from an html file that begin with pattern1
and end with pattern2 and ignore everything before pattern1 and after
pattern2. Any snippets or suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

Best,
Christopher

[Pedro Graca]

Re: extracting delimited text from a file

Christopher Glaeser wrote:[color=blue]
> I want to extract several lines from an html file that begin with pattern1
> and end with pattern2 and ignore everything before pattern1 and after
> pattern2. Any snippets or suggestions will be greatly appreciated.[/color]

preg_match_all( ) is your friend

http://www.php.net/preg_match_all

example:
<?php
$data = 'p1p2p3p4p5p6p5 p4p3p2p1p2p3p4p 5p6';
$pat1 = 'p2';
$pat2 = 'p5';

preg_match_all( "@$pat1(.*)$pat 2@Uim", $data, $matches);
echo '<pre>'; print_r($matche s); echo '</pre>';
?>

NOTE: script typed directly and NOT tested.

PS: I found another use for double quotes :)
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