what is the correct pattern for this

cody7

i have here my phone_number.txt that contains

CODE-111-1111
222-222-2222
333-3333[/CODE]

i'm using preg_match_all() for my script

preg_match_all('/([0-9]{3,})(-)[0-9]{4,}/',$mainHtml,$mainCode);

do not mind $mainHtml, $mainCode

my question is.... if i apply this kind of patter ( [FONT=Courier]'/([0-9]{3,})(-)[0-9]{4,}/' [/FONT] ) in my preg_match_all() my matches would be

111-1111
222-2222
333-3333

What is the correct pattern for my function to achive this kind of result only.

333-3333

Thank you for any help...

bpat1434

Um... are you talking about limiting the search to only certain numbers? Well, then you would have it be something like:

preg_match_all('/([3]{3})(-)[3]{4}/', . . ., . . .);

~Brett

mtmosier

You mean you want to exclude the 10 digit phone numbers? If there's nothing else in the string you're testing against you can do this

preg_match_all('/^([0-9]{3,})(-)[0-9]{4,}$/',$mainHtml,$mainCode);

cody7

Both replies are not working.... But i really thank you for giving me some answers.... if i found the answer i'll post here the answer. thank you guys...

bpat1434

Have you tried removing the "," after each declaration of how many there should be?

/^{([0-9]{3})(-)[0-9]{4}$/}

~Brett

mrhappiness

i think

%^([\d]{3})-([\d]{4})$%m

should work

explanation:

m = modifier for multiline, treats every single line in your $mainHTML as seperate string

^ and $ = start and end anchors. they normally matches start and end of complete string, but as we specify the m-modifier they match start and end of every single line