A preg_match Question.

MasterDragon

Well, I need some help with preg_match

How would I do this:

$masterpeice="<dev>CrazyArt</dev>";
//some preg_match
print $result;

Make a preg_match that returns "CrazyArt".

Many thanks,
MasterDragon

crazychris

If you just want to remove HTML/Tags, then use

strip_tags();

MasterDragon

That is not what I want to do. The variable that will be passed will be a whole HTML file

$variable="
<html>
<head>
<titile>Example Site/Variable</title>
</head>
<body>
The site of great pieces of art you can find without any effort!<br>Our newest pieces are:<br>


<dev>CrazyArt</dev><br>
Underworld<br>
Peaceful<br>
<!-- Yes, only one will have the <dev> tag -->

<br>Copyright 2005 The example Site!
</body>
</html>";

That is why I need a preg_match.

crazychris

If it's a real basic string replacement, then go the easy way:

str_replace(array("<dev>","</dev>"),"",$variable);

MasterDragon

Thanks for the help, but you arn't quite giving me the right answer.

With the $variable I gave, All I need returned Is CrazyArt.

Let me make this as detailed as possible.

 $variable="
<html>
<head>
<titile>Example Site/Variable</title>
</head>
<body>
The site of great pieces of art you can find without any effort!<br>Our newest pieces are:<br>


<dev>CrazyArt</dev><br>
Underworld<br>
Peaceful<br>
<!-- Yes, only one will have the <dev> tag -->

<br>Copyright 2005 The example Site!
</body>
</html>"; 

//
//a preg_match with $variable that returns the result into $return
//

print $return;
//That will print "CrazyArt"

Sorry for the troubles.
-MasterDragon

dcav

Well, if you only have one tag of <dev> like you specified above. You can do it this way...

$tempVar = explode("<dev>", $variable);
$tempVar = explode("</dev>", $tempVar[1]);

$there_you_go = $tempVar[0];

echo "This should be what you requested:  " . $there_you_go ;

MasterDragon

I should have thought of that!
Many thanks my friend.

-Many- Thanks.