Getting 'part' of a file using str function

[dr_froyd]

Hellow everybody !

Im planning to code a snippet to read part of my files ...
Heres the thing ...

i have a page like:

i dont want to use that <! -- myComment -->

usual stuff i want in a string
nothing much but please help me <! -- endcomment -->

here the files continues. ...

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SO, the idea is to write code a function like that:

GetContent($filecontentstring,"<! --myComment -->","<! -- endcomment -->");

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I Have lots of ideias to do that but i would like to discuss someones ...

could anyone help me ??

Thanx in advance ....

[examancer]

I've got nothing better to do on my friday night, so i made the function for you:

function GetContents ($s, $open_tag, $close_tag) {
  $m = '/' . $open_tag . '(.*?)' . $close_tag . '/is';
  preg_match($m, $s, $r);
  if (isset($r[1])) {
    return $r[1];
  } else {
    return false;
  }
}

$txt = "This is a test test test test test, a test. Here is some more testing: <! -- myComment --> 

usual stuff i want in a string 
nothing much but please help me <! -- endcomment --> followed by some testing and some other crap";

$x = GetContents($txt, "<! -- myComment -->", "<! -- endcomment -->");

if (!$x) {
  echo("Pattern was not found.");
}

echo($x);

obviously, only the first part is the function. the rest is just an example of how it is used. If you have any problems, just reply to this thread, or IM me through AOL (Examancer).