eregi to preg_match

[Monkeymatt]

How do I convert this eregi matching to preg, it works in eregi, but I can't get it to work in preg:

[code]
eregi("<{loop_".$section."}>(.*)<{/loop_".$section."}>", $this->level_tracker[$i]['****code****'], $contents);
[/code]

Here is the preg_match I tried, which does not work:

[code]
preg_match('|<{loop_'.$section.'}>(.*)<{/loop_'.$section.'}>|iU', $this->level_tracker[$i]['****code****'], $contents);
[/code]

Any help would be appreciated.

Monkeymatt

[poirot]

I am not familiar with ereg, but what is your problem?

I mean, what are you trying / failing to do?

[Monkeymatt]

$this->level_tracker[$i]['****code****'] is the data from a template file. I want to be able to pull all the stuff out of between <{loop_(section name)}> and <{/loop_(section name)}> not matter what is in there. Currently, preg is not matching any of the sections for me.

[Wildbug]

Two things: Try the 's' modifier so the period (.) matches newlines, too. Secondly, are the curly braces part of the text you're trying to match? If so, try escaping them (although it shouldn't matter -- I bet the newline thing is holding you up).

[code]preg_match(
   '|<{loop_'.$section.'}>(.*)<{/loop_'.$section.'}>|iUs', // <-- note 's' modifier
   $this->level_tracker[$i]['****code****'],
   $contents
);[/code]