preg_match problem

[olli460]

Hello,

 

Im trying to get a letter from a filename, The file name are structed as follows:

 

 

I want to extract the (U)

 

$name = "Random_File_Name_(U)_(Random Text).rar";

preg_match('([a-zA-Z])', $name, $flag);

print_r($flag);

 

But it dosen't work and im not really sure about how to do this kind of thing.

 

Thanks in advance

 

 

[JAY6390]

preg_match('%\(([a-zA-Z])\)%', $name, $flag);

Try that

[.josh]

is that "U" really surrounded by parenthesis?  is "Random Text" really surrounded by parenthesis? 

[olli460]

Thanks JAY6390 That works Great!

 

I also have NL in some of the brackets, That code u gave me only seems to grab one of the letters, How can i match 2 letters?

 

 

[JAY6390]

preg_match('%\(([a-zA-Z]+)\)%', $name, $flag);

[cags]

The method suggested by JAY6390 will match 1 or more characters. If you need to make sure it's only 1 or two, one option (among several) would be to use...

 

'%\(([a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z]?)\)%'

[JAY6390]

or this...where 1 is the minimum and 2 is the maximum

preg_match('%\(([a-zA-Z]{1,2})\)%', $name, $flag);