How do I capture the next 5 characters?

[Jeffro]

I have different strings, all of which will always be different but each string will always have one instance of /123/ (where 123 could always be different text).

 

How can I capture the 2 forward slashes with the 3 letter (or number) text in the middle?

 

Example:

string1 = "domain.com/abc/and-more-text.html"

 

I just want /abc/ from the above (but abc might always be different as will the surrounding text except for domain.com which the 5 characters I'm grabbing will always immediately follow)

 

Thank you. 

 

 

 

 

[JAY6390]

~/[^/]{3}/~

[Jeffro]

Thanks for the reply.  I think that would work fine if my current string already had that contained in it but it doesn't. 

 

Is there a way to say "Give me the next 5 characters following $mystring ?"

 

Sorry if this is a dumb question.  I'm not much good at php.. just use it for the occasional hack on my sites. 

 

Thanks much. 

[JAY6390]

so you just want the first 5 characters after domain.com ?

[Jeffro]

so you just want the first 5 characters after domain.com ?

 

Yes.  I guess that would be easier that what I was originally suggesting.  I got some sleep so I'm seeing clearer. 

[JAY6390]

preg_match('~^domain\.com(.{5})~', $string1, $matches);
echo $matches[1];