preg_match that include string and variable

[vin_akleh]

how can i make this work?? i have this variable $title[1] and wanna insert it in the preg_march like so

preg_match('/<a href="\/m\/'.$title[1].'_2011\/.*/', $html_poster_link, $poster_link)

this doesnt work how can i make it work??

[BlueSkyIS]

i think you want preg_replace.

 

http://php.net/manual/en/function.preg-replace.php

 

or if you mean you want $title[1] to be part of the pattern, you're doing it correctly.

[vin_akleh]

i do want to pair them but if this realy work then this should work but it doesnt

if (preg_match('/<a href="\/m\/'.$title[1].'_2011\/.*/', $html_poster_link, $poster_link)) {
  ECHO"YES";
}

!!!

[dcro2]

Maybe you can give us a sample to test it on. Are you sure $title[1] contains what you think it contains? Are you sure the code will be in that exact case? (i.e. not <A href=)

[vin_akleh]

$html_poster_link = file_get_contents('http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/hop_2011/');

[dcro2]

Works for me, so the problem has to be in $title[1]. Why don't you echo it out to see what it contains?

[vin_akleh]

sorry guys but i didn't realize that preg_match was case sensitive 

[dcro2]

Just use this instead (in case you haven't fixed it):

if (preg_match('/<a href="\/m\/'.$title[1].'_2011\/.*?/i', $html_poster_link, $poster_link)) {

[vin_akleh]

should this work??

$title[1]='Faster';
$html_poster_link = file_get_contents('http://www.rottentomatoes.com/search/full_search.php?search=Faster');
if (preg_match('/<a href="\/m\/'.$title[1].'-2010\/.*?/i', $html_poster_link, $poster_link))

if i am looking for

<a href="/m/faster-2010/" class="">Faster</a>

if yes then why it is not working for me??

[vin_akleh]

****************disregard the last post please***********************

should this work??

$title[1]='faster';
$html_poster_link = file_get_contents('http://www.rottentomatoes.com/search/full_search.php?search=Faster');
if (preg_match('/<a href="\/m\/'.$title[1].'-2\/.*?/i', $html_poster_link, $poster_link))

if i am looking for

<a href="/m/faster-2010/" class="">Faster</a>

if yes then why it is not working for me??