regular expression issue

[hamza]

I need to get the content of this div.

but getting nothing

$str = "<div class='mainful'>this is testing of the string n thats it </div>";
$str = preg_quote($str, "/");
$result = preg_match_all("/^<div class=\/'mainful\/'>(.*?)<\/div>$/", $str , $matches_results);
if($result){
    print_r($matches_results); 
    exit;
} else {
     echo "no match ";
}

[Drongo_III]

 

I changed what you used slightly but this will match both your class and the content of the div

 

preg_match_all("|<div class='(.*?)'>(.*?)</div>|",
    "<div class='mainful'>this is testing of the string n thats it </div>",
    $out, PREG_PATTERN_ORDER);
echo "<pre>";
print_r($out);

 

 

I need to get the content of this div.

but getting nothing

$str = "<div class='mainful'>this is testing of the string n thats it </div>";
$str = preg_quote($str, "/");
$result = preg_match_all("/^<div class=\/'mainful\/'>(.*?)<\/div>$/", $str , $matches_results);
if($result){
    print_r($matches_results); 
    exit;
} else {
     echo "no match ";
}

[Adam]

@Drongo_III

 

There's no need to pass the PREG_PATTERN_ORDER flag, it's the default. Though your pattern would match all DIVs with just a class attribute, so it's not really a practical solution.

 

@hamza

 

I think your problem is using ^ and $ at the start/end of the pattern. Together these require that the pattern is the *only* contents of the string. You can omit either or both to remove that restriction from one or both sides of the pattern.

[Drongo_III]

Well you could change it so it matches the class as a literal and then it would only target that div.

 

Didn't know pattern_order was the default. I've always used it just for the sake of it. I've only used regular expressions for pretty basic stuff to be honest.

 

Thanks for the tip

 

 

@Drongo_III

 

There's no need to pass the PREG_PATTERN_ORDER flag, it's the default. Though your pattern would match all DIVs with just a class attribute, so it's not really a practical solution.

 

@hamza

 

I think your problem is using ^ and $ at the start/end of the pattern. Together these require that the pattern is the *only* contents of the string. You can omit either or both to remove that restriction from one or both sides of the pattern.