[RESOLVED] Pattern Matching (easy)

[snapbackz]

I'm trying to match and strip out the following content using preg_match_all()

1. content1, content2<br>
2. content1, content2<br>
3. content1, content2<br>
4. content1, content2<br>

As you can see the pattern starts with a number and a period and ends with a <br>

Here is the pattern I have sofar (doesn't work yet but it's a start)

$testPattern = '/^[0-9]\.(.*),(.*)<br>$/';

I'd like to strip out 'content1' and 'content2' from each line.... any help is appreciated.

[nrg_alpha]

Is this along the lines of what you are looking for?

$str = '
1. content1, content2<br>
2. content3, content4<br>
3. content5, content6<br>
4. content7, content8<br>';

preg_match_all('#\d+\.\x20?([^,]+),\x20?([^<]+)#', $str, $matches);
for($i = 0; $i < count($matches[0]); $i++){
   echo $matches[1][$i] . ' ' . $matches[2][$i] . '<br />';
}

Output:

content1 content2
content3 content4
content5 content6
content7 content8

Within the pattern, a space is optional (\x20?) just to leave some flexibility. Granted, without knowing what that content actually is, this pattern may / may not suffice.

EDIT:

If you want a slightly simpler pattern, this starts looking from a period, must require one (and only one space - this time listed as a literal space as opposed to \x20):

preg_match_all('#\. ([^,]+), ([^<]+)#', $str, $matches);

[snapbackz]

nrg_alpha! Thank you so much! It's exactly what I was looking for and works perfect. I learned a lot too. Thank you 😃