Probably a common question, as it is very simple.

[dagnasty]

Yeah, I know. Probably a very common question. I've had the answer before, but I completely forgot it, and finding information on it is tough for me. Google turns up too many pages with the same words but different subject.

When doing preg_match how do I tell it to get the string between the first part of the pattern and the first finding of the second part of the pattern

Ex.

[code]preg_match("/<div>(.*)<\/div>/", $lookhere, $output);[/code]

When this code looks at something like
[code]
<div>first div</div><div>second div</div>

Thanks guys.

I really feel like an idiot asking this question.
[/code]

what I get back is

[code]first div</div><div>second div[/code]

How do I tell it to get string before only the first </div> it finds instead of the last?

[bljepp69]

try:
[code]preg_match("/<div>(.*?)<\/div>",$lookhere,$output);[/code]