Need help matching links

[fert]

i have this code

preg_match_all("/<a href=\"(.*?)\">/",$result,$matches);

it's suppose to match things like: <a href="whatever.site">link[/url] but it doesn't and i can't see why

[effigy]

It does:

 

<pre>
<?php
$result = '<a href="http://www.phpfreaks.com">';
preg_match_all("/<a href=\"(.*?)\">/", $result, $matches);
echo htmlspecialchars($matches[0][0]);
?>
</pre>

 

Do the a tags contain other attributes?

[fert]

nope