Multiple matches inside a match

[lemmin]

Suppose I had some input that looked something like this:

[Title1]
any random characters
<match1>
<match2>
maybe more random
<match3>
[/Title1]
[Title2]
any random characters
<match4>
<match5>
maybe more random
<match6>
[/Title2]
[Title3]
any random characters
<match7>
<match8>
maybe more random
<match9>
[/Title3]

 

If all "match" strings were matched by my regex, how could I only match the ones inside of a specific area, such as the "Title2" area. Do I need to extract that area first and then perform the regex?

 

Thanks.

[cags]

That would be the easiest approach yes.

[lemmin]

Thanks. I was just thinking that it would be more efficient if I could do it in one single preg_match() call. I guess if I can't I will just do it that way.

 

Thanks for the help!

[cags]

It can be done in one match you could simply use something along the lines of...

 

'#\[Title1\].*?<match>.*?\[/Title1\]#'

[lemmin]

Wouldn't that only match one of the matches in that section? I would be trying to match more than one occurrence inside of that title section.

 

Thanks.