ereg's return array

[Anon]

I need some help with the array that is returned by ereg();

I need to find ALL instances of a string in the format MM/DD/YY-ABC. It's a date followed by a dash and some initials.

Here's my code:
<PRE>
$note = "99/99/99-ABC88/88/88-ABC";
if(ereg("([0-9]{2}/[0-9]{2}/[0-9]{2}-[A-Z]{3})", $note, $return_array)) {
printf("<p>return_array[0]:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;%s</p>", $return_array[0]);
printf("<p>return_array[1]:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;%s</p>", $return_array[1]);
printf("<p>return_array[2]:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;%s</p>", $return_array[2]);
}
</PRE>

$return_array[0] and $return_array[1] both contain the string "99/99/99ABC" but $return_array[2] is empty. The way that I read the documentation it should contain "88/88/88-ABC".

Please help!

[Anon]

Hi!! I think that, sadly, PHP's ereg function only returns the FIRST match for that pattern. Last night I was thinking of that, but I haven't make any test about it. Anyway, if I found some solution, I'll tell you. Bye bye

inKel

PS: excuse my english =)

[Anon]

Thanks for the reply. Do you know of a procedure or a group of functions that I can use to fill an array will the contents that match a search criteria?