[SOLVED] preg_match_all problem

[greenheart]

hello, I have a string with lots of http addresses in it and the one I want has the unique form:

 

url('http://  xxxxxx    ')

 

where xxxxx is the usual remainder of the webaddress (ignore the spaces).

 

What pattern do I need for this to be extracted via a preg_match?

 

 

[newbtophp]

<?php
$url = 'http://www.website.com';
preg_match('@^(?:http://)?([^/]+)@i',$url, $matches);
echo $matches[1];
?>

[greenheart]

Hello thanks for the effort I tried that but it only gives me "array array array".

 

An example url is url('http://cnd.example-page.com/random/561/36075591.jpg')

 

with the url(' included at the beginning.

[cags]

And how did you use the supplied code?

[newbtophp]

Im guessing you have an url() function? so you'd call it by:

 

<?php
$url = 'http://cnd.example-page.com/random/561/36075591.jpg';
preg_match('@^(?:http://)?([^/]+)@i',$url, $matches);
url($matches[1]);
?>

[greenheart]

I don't have an url function. It gives a fatal error function url() undefined.

[salathe]

What pattern do I need for this to be extracted via a preg_match?

 

You could start off with something like the following, then refine it to suit your particular needs:

<?php

$subject = "
http://php.net is awesome
url('http://blah.foo.com')
phpfreaks rocks!
";

preg_match("#url\('(http://[^']+)'\)#", $subject, $match);
$url = $match[1];
echo $url; // http://blah.foo.com

?>

[greenheart]

What pattern do I need for this to be extracted via a preg_match?

 

You could start off with something like the following, then refine it to suit your particular needs:

<?php

$subject = "
http://php.net is awesome
url('http://blah.foo.com')
phpfreaks rocks!
";

preg_match("#url\('(http://[^']+)'\)#", $subject, $match);
$url = $match[1];
echo $url; // http://blah.foo.com

?>

 

Thank you, that works.

 

Thanks everyone.

 

Problem solved.