Regex problem

[ballouta]

hi

 

i have this code that works 100% correctly when it is a separate file:

 

<?php
$subject = "Your file has been sent for processing: 123456789111123456789.ask!";

$matches = "ask";
preg_match('/\S+\.ask(?=!)/i', $subject, $matches);
$filename = $matches[0];
echo "$filename";
?>

 

but in my original long code, it is NOT working if the ask file name is more than 9 chars!!

 

why?

[effigy]

Apparently it's something in the other code.

[ballouta]

yes it is strange, the code i placed before is exactly the same in my big code, but the $subject is actually the subject of incoming email.

i made sure that the subject is correct and still the code doesn't find this file name if it is more than 9 characters!