Getting a title using a URL

[vesper]

Hi there,

 

I've got a piece of code that let's me obtain the title of a page using a given URL. However, if the title tag has any other code in it, for example <title id="something">, it does not work because the preg_match is looking for just the open and closing tags.

 

My question is: how can I get the code to ignore anything between '<title' and '>'??

 

The preg_match currently looks like this: preg_match("/<title>(.+)<\/title>/i",$file,$m)

 

Thanks.

[metrostars]

I'm not very good at regex. In fact I hate it.

 

but try (untested):

 

preg_match("/<title([.]{0,})>(.+)<\/title>/i",$file,$m)

 

This will match <title 'then anything in here' >Blah</title>

[vesper]

Hi metrostars,

 

I just tried it, unfortunately it didn't work. Thanks for the reply though.

[JasonLewis]

Try this one out:

 

preg_match("/<title.*?>(.*?)<\/title>/i", $file, $m);

[vesper]

It worked! Superb! Thanks for that! Hugely appreciated - headache seeping away now!