query about strings

[jaay]

I have a string where some simple html is stored. Here's the example

 

<a href=http://someurl.com>Anchor Text1</a>, <a href=http://someurl.com>Anchor Text2</a>, <a href=http://someurl.com>Anchor Text3</a>

 

Now, I need only the anchor text part not the <a> tags or the url within it. How to do it in PHP?

 

 

[JAY6390]

Two options. Either via the DOM

http://www.jaygilford.com/php/php-dom-get-all-pagelinks/

or using regex

http://www.jaygilford.com/php/common-questions/how-to-get-all-links-from-a-web-page/

 

[teamatomic]

explode it on the comma to an array then loop using this:

preg_match('@(?:http://).*>(.*?)</a>@i', $string, $matches);

 

 

HTH

Teamatomic