Easy regex question,

[jamesmiller]

hey guys. sorry if this is a simple question and easy to do but i need a regex to pick out

Author: anything can be here </h3>

 

from

 

 <h3> <span class="author"> Author: </span> <span> <a href="/catalog/list_author_titles?author=John+search=search">John </a> </span>

 

Thank you for any help,

[AyKay47]

<?php
$string = "<h3> <span class='author'> Author: </span> <span> <a href='/catalog/list_author_titles?author=John+search=search'>John </a> </span></h3>";
$pattern = "~Author: .*~i";
preg_match($pattern,$string,$matches);
foreach($matches as $match){
	print $match . "<br />";
}
?>

[salathe]

There's no </h3> in your "from" code.

[jamesmiller]

My apologies I was meant to put it on the end but forgot thank you for your help

[xyph]

I think it's about time you purchased a RegEx book