Regex Nightmare

[russ816]

I have a file with configuration settings in it:

date : APString
{
	dateformat = %m/%d/%y;
	value = Date->currentDate;
}

firstName : APString
{
	value = User->firstName;
}

lastName : APString
{
	value = User->lastName;
}

I'm trying to read this into a useable array:

Array
        (
            [0] => firstName : APString
{
value = User->firstName;
}
            [1] => firstName
            [2] => APString
            [3] => value = User->firstName;
        )

I'm using this expression to get this:

preg_match_all("/(\\w+)\\s:\\s(\\w+)\n\\{\n(.*)\n\\}/", $s, $matches, PREG_SET_ORDER);

Now here's my problem. I have no problem getting the firstName and the lastName sections but if there is more than one line inside the brackets (the date section), it doesn't match at all. I see that there is a multiline modifier but I have no idea how to implement it into this. I would really appreciate any help. Thanks.

[Weedpacket]

I think the modifier you're after is actually s - because you want . to match newlines.
You might want to use .? as well, in case . gets carried away.