Problem with preg_match

[Anon]

$str = "$start[4]";
preg_match(\'/as of(.*) /i\', $str, $match);
$date = $match[1];

Then date is: July 4th,

But if you echo $start[4] you get:
as of July 4th, YR11.

Shouldn´t the last part also be included in $date? Any suggestions?

Thanks.

[Anon]

Hm, if there isn't a space on the end of $start[4]'s value then no; the last character of the regexp is a space, so any match must also end with a space.