Problem getting text from html page using preg_match

[damancuc]

I'm trying to get a text from html page using preg_match but I only receive an empty result. I try to place my code to a static test code and receive empty result also. Can someone look and help me fix it. This is the code I try to use :

<?
$sPattern = "/<id=\"m1\"> </a> <span class=\"info-text\"> (.*?) <\/span>/s";
$sText = "blah blah blah <id=\"m1\"> </a> <span class=\"info-text\">Testing </span> blah blah blah";
preg_match($sPattern,$sText,$aMatch);
echo '<pre>'.$aMatch[1].'</pre>';
?>

[johanafm]

Maybe it would be a good idea to display all errors and notices so you get some kind of indication to work with. It makes the job a lot easier for you.

I'd also like to point out the alternative approach of using [man]DOM[/man]. Regexp's will do the job just fine, but it tends to end up being less readable than its dom counterpart.

[bradgrafelman]

Once you get all errors being displayed, you'll find that you've got an unescaped delimiter occurring inside your regexp pattern.

However, I'll also reiterate the advice to first consider using a DOM approach rather than regular expressions (I think regexp should be considered the secondary or "alternative" approach).