Using " inside a regex.

[CSkovholm]

Hey experts.

 

I'm using file_get_contents to save a html page into a variable called $djdanmark. Inside that html page i have a line, like this:

 

<font class="class_1">Some Text</font>

 

Now what i want do to by regex, is to retrieve the text inside those two tags. But as far as i am concerned, you can't use the " inside a variable in php.. My code looks like this:

 

$pattern = "/<font class="class_1">(.*?)<\/font>/";
preg_match($pattern, $djdanmark, $matches);

echo $matches[1];

 

Can someone help me with this?

 

Thanks in advance!

[JAY6390]

$pattern = '~<font class="class_1">([^<]+)</font>~';

[CSkovholm]

Thanks!!

[salathe]

In case Jay's answer wasn't clear, or you didn't think to wonder why it works, please take a read of the strings documentation for info about the different styles.

[roopurt18]

But as far as i am concerned, you can't use the " inside a variable in php

Where on Earth did you get that crazy idea?