Regular Expressions

Anon

Im trying to figure out the syntax for a regular expression using eregi in which i will have to search for speical charecters.

For instance. I will need to search for &# which is used in diplaynig a degree sign in html. I know that a will seach the letter a but i tried a & or a #* and nonthing worked.

Any help would be great.
Ira

darrensw

$file = fopen("http://www.whatever.com/whatever.html", "r");
$rf = fread($file, 2000000);
$grab = eregi("(.*)", $rf, $printing);

echo $printing[0]; prints out anything between the and

not sure if this will help but thought i'd post it anyway

Rgds

daarius

eregi('[&]{1,}', $amp);

$amp[0] will return the matched string.

[&] means to look for & sign. and {1,} says, that it can be 1 or more of these signs. if you do {1,5} then it means, & can appear 1 to 5 times.

darrensw

sorry, try again

$file = fopen("http://www.whatever.com/whatever.eml", "r");
$rf = fread($file, 2000000);
$grab = eregi("(.*)", $rf, $printing);

echo $printing[0]; prints out anything between the and

daarius

sorry typo: should be:
eregi('[&]{1,}', $string, $amp);