preg_match_all

[ohdang888]

i want to find the text between "{:" and ":}", may be 1 or more instances of this

 

i'm using this php:

$str = "hello {:first_name:} ha, this is {:awesome:} haha";
$do = preg_match_all("/{.*):}/", $str, $matches);

 

which works if theres just one instance, but when you use more than 1 instance (like the above example) it returns:

 

first_name:} ha, this is {:awesome

 

But i want it to return a value of first_name, AND a separate value of "awesome"

 

ideas?

 

thanks

[requinix]

Use an ungreedy quantifier: .* becomes .*?.