regex

[alohatofu]

/^2007.[0-9]{12}/

 

on

 

number: 2007042000834420You can

 

will yield 2007042000834420

correct??

 

Why is it not doing it for me :-(

 

[genericnumber1]

probably because you have the . in there, meaning there has to be an extra character...

 

2007 042000834420 would work

2007z042000834420 would work

2007=042000834420 would work...

 

try /^2007[0-9]{12}/

 

that'd match

 

2007042000834420

 

but make sure you also want it to match

 

200704200083442020394u2on3 oi432h89op4 2h843ho

 

-- because it will

[alohatofu]

That still didn't output the right number

 

here's what I have

 //matches ac ticket number
$acticketpattern = '/^2007[0-9]{12}/';
if (preg_match("$acticketdpattern", "Refer to ticket number: 2007042000834420You can", $matches_acticket)) {
echo "Match was found <br />";
echo $matches_acticket[0];
}

 

[Guest prozente]

^ means match from the beginning of the string, so you'll want to remove it in this case. You also have a D in the variable name you're passing to preg_match.

 

<?php
$acticketpattern = '/2007[0-9]{12}/';
if (preg_match($acticketpattern, "Refer to ticket number: 2007042000834420You can", $matches_acticket)) {
  echo "Match was found <br />";
  echo $matches_acticket[0];

}

[alohatofu]

I have

 

I have DSLAMs: 14 today

 

 

the pattern that I have is

/DSLAMs:\s*(\d+)/

 

but that will output

DSLAMs: 14

 

How would I do so that It will just the number?

 

[Guest prozente]

() means to create a back reference, the full pattern is matched as 0, since that's the first back reference it'd match under 1.

 

So if your variable was $matches it'd be $matches[1]