Pulling innerhtml data from html code

[jmahdi]

what is the best way yo do this?

 

<b><font color=green>Get me out please </font> .	</b>

 

thanks in  advance

[jmahdi]

i need to use php as the html codes are kept in database fields and i need to go through them and pull wanted data...

[jmahdi]

hello

[scootstah]

Regular expressions.

 

<?php

$str = '<b><font color=green>Get me out please </font>.</b>';

$pattern = '/<font[^>.]*>(.*)<\/font>/i';

if (preg_match($pattern, $str, $matches)) {
echo $matches[1]; // Get me out please 
}

 

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[jmahdi]

thanks very much

[jmahdi]

Regular expressions.

 

<?php

$str = '<b><font color=green>Get me out please </font>.</b>';

$pattern = '/<font[^>.]*>(.*)<\/font>/i';

if (preg_match($pattern, $str, $matches)) {
echo $matches[1]; // Get me out please 
}

 

 

what if its more than one font tag like:

<b><font color=green>Get me out please </font></b><a><font color=green>Get me out please </font></a>

 

how to utilise forforeach or for loops and can i still stick to the same regular expression....thanks

thanks

[scootstah]

Disregard the pattern in my first post, this one will work a lot better:

$str = '<b><font color=green>Get me out please </font></b><a><font color=green>Get me out please </font></a>';

$pattern = '/<font.*?>(.*?)<\/font>/i';

if (preg_match_all($pattern, $str, $matches)) {
print_r($matches[1]);
/*
Array	
(
	[0] => Get me out please
	[1] => Get me out please
)
*/
}

 

Using preg_match_all will grab values in multiple font tags.

[jmahdi]

Thanks a bunch...take care