Counting preg match results

[graham23s]

Hey Guys,

 

i was wondering if there was a way to count how many preg match results you get back

 

my code is:

 

$matchesfound = preg_match('/subject="/', $nsubject, $matchfound);

 

any help would be great

 

cheers

 

Graham

[sasa]

try

$matchesfound = preg_match_all('/subject="/', $nsubject, $matchfound);
echo $matchesfound;

[graham23s]

Hi Mate,

 

it returns:

 

00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

 

which is right if i could count the number of 0's

 

i tried:

 

      $matchesfound = preg_match_all('/subject="/', $nsubject, $matchfound);
        
      strlen($matchesfound);
             
      }

 

but that showed nothin.

 

cheers

 

Graham

 

 

[effigy]

It looks like you're calling preg_match_all in a loop, with each call returning 0. Is this correct?

[sasa]

i try

<?php
$nsubject = 'subject="   subject="+65+654subject="subject="';
$matchesfound = preg_match_all('/subject="/', $nsubject, $matchfound);
echo $matchesfound;
?>

and return is 4

[graham23s]

yeah, its technically because im in a loop im getting back

 

00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

 

so it should really be just 1, 0 or 1 is trhere still away to count the loop at all?

 

cheers guys

 

Graham

[effigy]

...create a variable that the preg_match_all results are tallied with?