[SOLVED] All except some string

[Mastodont]

I cannot find solution for this regexp Perl pattern:

 

find string "ABC", followed with any character sequence except string "XYZ", and in the end would be "CAB".

 

"ABC whatZYXever CAB" should be matched

"ABC whatXYZever CAB" should be skipped

 

Thanks for advice.

[effigy]

Assuming "ABC" is always at the beginning:

 

<pre>
<?php
$data = <<<DATA
ABC whatZYXever CAB
ABC whatXYZever CAB
DATA;
preg_match_all('/^ABC(??!XYZ).)*CAB\r?$/m', $data, $matches);
print_r($matches);
?>
</pre>

[Mastodont]

Yessss, it works!! Many thanks, you're really genius!