[RESOLVED] get value from brackets

[JD_]

all i want to do is search $selectid and whatever is between [ and ] put into $id it's probably using preg_match but ive never used this before and the examples on the manual don't seem clear how to use it. i know its a noob question but i really have seearched for an answer with no luck.

[drew010]

preg_match('/\[([^\]]*)\]/', $selectid, $match);
echo $match[1];

[toplay]

Please be more specific when posting. Like is this stuff between brackets a number? does it start at the beginning or the end.

Not knowing all that, I give you an example of an expression that retrieves a number between square brackets anywhere within a string:

$str = 'This is a test [123] with brackets';
if (preg_match('/.*?\[(\d*)\].*/', $str, $matches)) {
        echo '<pre>', print_r($matches, TRUE), '</pre></br>';
    $matches = $matches[1];
} else {
    $matches = "";
}

echo $matches;

The above code would output something like this:

Array
(
    [0] => This is a test [123] with brackets
    [1] => 123
)

123

EDIT:
Posted too late.

[JD_]

thanks for both your reply's. 🙂