Extract Select box with data from HTML

**Ian Collins** · Mar 22 '06, 09:55 PM

Re: Extract Select box with data from HTML

niftyhawk@gmail .com wrote:[color=blue]
> Hi,
>
> Consider the following html EMBEDDED in a php variable say contents
>
> <html><body><fo rm name="xyz" method="post" action="xyz.php "><select
> name=ListID><op tion value="T80240"> BOOKSLIST</option><option
> value="T80238"> LIST TEST</option><option value="T80239"> NEW
> TEST</option><option value="T80236"> T80233</option><option
> value="T80237"> T80233</option><option value="T80235"> TEST
> LIST</option><option
> value="T80233"> mylist</option></select></form></body></html>
>
> How would I use preg_match to retrive all data from <select
> name=ListID> to </select> in one variable ignoring rest of the html?
>[/color]
Why not parse the HTML and use the DOM interface? Maybe not the fastest
for this example, but easier in the more general case.

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Ian Collins.

Extract Select box with data from HTML

Extract Select box with data from HTML

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