preg_match Cast from IMDB

Hi all again..

I'm trying the get at least 3 only cast members from any random movie on IMDB website.

This code returns all cast members but also includes what role they played, too much information

$name = strip_tags(get_match('#<td class=\"nm\">(.*)<\/td>#',$imdb));       

function get_match($regex,$content)
{
	preg_match($regex,$content,$matches);
    return $matches[1];
}

PHP:

If I alter the first line to this,

$name = strip_tags(get_match('#<td class=\"nm\">(.*)<\/td>#isU',$imdb));

PHP:

I get the first actor only which is fine but I'm looking to get the second and third etc...

I tried the following but I'm at a loss

$name = strip_tags(get_match3('#<td class=\"nm\">(.*)<\/td>#isU',$imdb));

function get_match3($regex,$content)
{
	preg_match($regex,$content,$matches);
    return $matches[1] . ' ' . $matches[2] . ' ' . $matches[3];
}

PHP:

It still returns 1 cast member, could someone help me with an example of how to get subsequent results ?

 

See the notes on preg_match.

http://php.net/manual/en/function.preg-match.php

"preg_match() returns the number of times pattern matches. That will be either 0 times (no match) or 1 time because preg_match() will stop searching after the first match"

Use preg_match_all instead.

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.preg-match-all.php

 

Probable not what you had in mind @lukeg32 but I go it if from this:

$actors= strip_tags(get_match3('#<td class=\"nm\">(.*)<\/td>#isU',$imdb));

function get_match3($regex,$content)
{
	preg_match_all($regex,$content,$matches);
    return $matches[0][0] . '|' . $matches[0][1] . '|' . $matches[0][2];
} 

PHP:

Thanks for pointing me in the ALL direction