How do I get this value from a regular expression

[laredotornado@zipmail.com]

Hi,

I'm having trouble with preg_match. I want to get the value in
parenthese from this pattern

$pattern = "/ab(.*)cde/";
$str = "abxyzcde";

What preg_match expression would i have to write to get the value "xyz"
into a string?

I'm using php 4.4.4. Thanks, - Dave

[Moot]

Re: How do I get this value from a regular expression

laredotornado@z ipmail.com wrote:

Hi,
>
I'm having trouble with preg_match. I want to get the value in
parenthese from this pattern
>
$pattern = "/ab(.*)cde/";
$str = "abxyzcde";
>
What preg_match expression would i have to write to get the value "xyz"
into a string?
>
I'm using php 4.4.4. Thanks, - Dave

$pattern = "/(?<=ab)(.*)(?=c de)/";
$str = "abxyzcde";
preg_match($pat tern,$str,$matc h);
var_dump($match );

For documentation, look under the "Assertions " heading here:

http://us3.php.net/manual/en/reference.pcre.pattern.syntax.php

- Moot

[Michael Fesser]

Re: How do I get this value from a regular expression

..oO(Moot)

>laredotornado@ zipmail.com wrote:

>>
>I'm having trouble with preg_match. I want to get the value in
>parenthese from this pattern
>>
>$pattern = "/ab(.*)cde/";
>$str = "abxyzcde";
>>
>What preg_match expression would i have to write to get the value "xyz"
>into a string?
>>
>I'm using php 4.4.4. Thanks, - Dave

>
>$pattern = "/(?<=ab)(.*)(?=c de)/";
>$str = "abxyzcde";
>preg_match($pa ttern,$str,$mat ch);
>var_dump($matc h);

No need for assertions here. Just use the simple pattern from above and
you can find the result in $match[1].

Micha