matching a pattern on each line.

[the_butcher]

ok, have a text file, with contents in format:

"etc etc","etc etc"
"etc2","etc 22"
"12312","etc.. etc.."

Now, i had a regular expression which seems to work except for in PHP. that is;

/^"([^"]+)","([^"]+)"$/

The line start and end are required.

[effigy]

The [tt]/m[/tt] modifier puts the pattern in multi-line mode, which allows ^ to match after a new line, and $ before. Modifiers are placed after the last delimiter, e.g.: [tt]/pattern/m[/tt].

A more extensible, and arguably cleaner solution follows:

[code]
<pre>
<?php

$tests = array(
'"etc etc","etc etc"',
'"etc2","etc 22"',
'"12312","etc.. etc.."'
);

foreach ($tests as $test) {
$array = preg_split('/[",]/', $test, -1, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY);
print_r($array);
}

?>
</pre>
[/code]

[the_butcher]

i have tried /m, no luck. unfortunately i need to do this with just a regex, so your 2nd approach is neither valid.

[rea|and]

Try to modify your regex in this way, as said you have to use the "m" modifier, plus I've added an optional rule for windows couse It uses \r\n instead of \n.

[CODE]/^"([^"]+)","([^"]+)"\r?$/m[/CODE]