preg_match problem

[Anon]

Okay... I am have this following code working.

$url = preg_match("/([page])(.+?)([\/page])/", $newcontent, $amatch);

it works fine if it's all on one line, ie [page]hello[/page]. What i want though is so i can have it over a few paragraphs, ie
[page]
hello there
how are you?
[/page]

but when I do that, it doesnt work? If Anyone can help i'd be very appreciative.

Thanks!

[btubalinal]

Hi,

Did you try using the '\s' modifier?

You could write the line like:
$url = preg_match("/([page])\s(.+?\s)\s*([\/page])/",$newcontent, $amatch);

in fact, i tested this code with my own form:

<form method="post" action="<?php $SCRIPT_NAME ?>" name="aform">
<textarea name="text" value="" rows="5" cols="30"></textarea>
<input type="submit">
</form>

<?php
if(isSet($text)) {
$newcontent = $text;
$url = preg_match("/([page])\s(.+?\s)\s*([\/page])/",$newcontent, $amatch);

/ This will print out 0(false) or 1(true) to
see if whatever was entered in the text area
matches the regular expression, including newline chars. /
echo $url;
}
?>

feel free to copy this and test it on your own page to see if could possibly point you in the right direction.

Bart