[SOLVED] preg_match_all regex problem...I just want everthing in between

[atticus]

Here is the regex:

 

$regex = '~<p class="product-attr">(.+)</p>~';

 

This is what I am trying to grab:

 

<p class="product-attr">

W/ features and more text to put into my variable

</p>

 

 

 

[rajivgonsalves]

use the 's' modifier

 

$regex = '~<p class="product-attr">(.+)</p>~s';

[nrg_alpha]

Try making that + quantifier lazy (.+?), otherwise, if there is multiple p tags in that line, the dot will greedily match all the way to the end, then backtrack till it matches the final </p> (which may not be the correct one).

 

You can read about the pitfalls of greedy quantifiers here (post #11 and #14 helps illustrate this).

And as raj mentioned.. possibly using the s modifier might help (assuming your p tag is spead across multiple lines).

[atticus]

You guys really know you stuff...and you actually answered my next question before I could even ask it. Thanks.