Another template match

[opencombatclan]

Hello there,

Here I am once again.

 

I have got a little different problem now.

I tried some preg matching myself, but it didn't workout properly (I am not familiar with them)

 

Here is a string that I got

  2    16  142      0 ^5^1>>^4BLAbla^1<<^0Blaaah^7  50  50 123.12.12.12:-12334    7629  5000

 

Now I need to get the following variables:

$name and $ip

(I don't need any other one's)

 

Now here are the difficulties

1. The amount of white-spaces between the values is random (/s+)

2. The name itself COULD contain (multiple) white-spaces and almost any character (including special ones)

3. The ip port (:number) could be positive or negative (:-number)

 

Here are some constants:

1. Values are always seperated by at least 1 white-space

2. Name always ends with ^7

 

Here is another string (for reference):

5  61  82      jsdJSBCSS72hD67238sDSS 1|^9Bla  hh^113  |*^9Bl aBla^1!        ^7      0 23.233.233.23:22220    2057 25000

 

I hope someone could help me out

Once again I tried my best to make my idea clear 

 

Legenda:

Lime green = always a number

Blue = number or alphanumeric (long or short)

 

EDIT: dang! At the moment I pressed 'submit' I realized that I am (once again) In the wrong forum (should be in php regex forum), SRRY!

 

[opencombatclan]

I am so ashamed...

I forgot another thinggy...

 

I also need the FIRST number of these strings...

(string1: 2 and string2: 5)....

 

=S

[cags]

Attempt #1

 

$pattern = '#^[0-9]+\s+[0-9]+\s+[0-9]+\s+[a-z0-9]+\s+(.+?)\^7\s+[0-9]+\s+([0-9.:-]+)#i';
$input = '5   61   82      jsdJSBCSS72hD67238sDSS 1|^9Bla  hh^113  |*^9Bl aBla^1!        ^7      0  23.233.233.23:22220     2057 25000';

echo '<pre>';
preg_match($pattern, $input, $out);

[opencombatclan]

It works for the second string.

However it returns an empty array If I try it with the first string...

(I fixed that by putting \s+ in front);

 

And is it also possible to get the first number of the strings?

 

Anyhow, thnx for your help so far!

[cags]

Your first and second string actually followed different patterns, I guessed as to which one was correct. Your first pattern is ^7 num num ip whereas your second was ^7 num ip. To fetch the first number you just put brackets around the first [0-9]+.

[opencombatclan]

You are great!

 

I learned a lot from your expression!

Its solved now. I just added \s+ in front of your expression and I putted brackets arround the first [0-9]+

 

Thank you very very very much!!!