find value in variable - return full line ?

[Mad_T]

$output = "first line:756485683465<br/>";
$output.= "Second line:34263426<br/>";
$output.= "Third line:45684658<br/>";

How do I search $output for "Second Line", then return the full line ??

ie:Second line:34263426

Thanks 🙂

[NogDog]

One possibility would be via preg_match_all.

<?php
$output = "first line:756485683465<br/>";
$output.= "Second line:34263426<br/>";
$output.= "Third line:45684658<br/>";
if(preg_match('#(^|<br */>)(Second line:.*?(<br */>|$))#i', $output, $matches))
{
   echo $matches[2];
}

[Mad_T]

Thanks 🙂 works great !

How about if $output is 50+ lines and I want to find 3 unique entries and return there lines ??

Thanks 🙂

[NogDog]

You can use preg_match_all() to find all matches. Then $matches[2] would be an array of matches which you could loop through.

[Mad_T]

Thanks I'll take a look at that 🙂