[RESOLVED] REGEX question

[2CODE]

Hey guys,

How I can make the preg_match run only once ?

For example I've this text :

php-builder.3232.dasdadsadasd.2222

I want to get only "TEXT.NUMERIC" so I made this regex :

[a-zA-Z].*.[0-9]\d*

Which is works perfectly, However it's matching more than one time, I get this

php-builder.3232.dasdadsadasd.2222

However I want this only

php-builder.3232

So how I can make it run only just one time ?

[NogDog]

You can put a "?" after the first "*" to make it "un-greedy".

PS: Do you want the second "." to be a literal period (full stop)? If so, escape it with a back-slash.

[2CODE]

Works fine, Thanks NogDog 🙂