Preg_Match Problem - Please Help!

Hi,

I have this XML code which I am trying to get all category A's from:-

<categoryA>Data1.1</categoryA><categoryB>Data 2.1</categoryB>
<categoryA>Data1.2</categoryA><categoryB>Data 2.2</categoryB>
<categoryA>Data1.3</categoryA><categoryB>Data 2.3</categoryB>
<categoryA>Data1.4</categoryA><categoryB>Data 2.4</categoryB>
<categoryA>Data1.5</categoryA><categoryB>Data 2.5</categoryB>
<categoryA>Data1.6</categoryA><categoryB>Data 2.6</categoryB>

requirements are that I use reg exp and I need to do other things.

I have this code:-

preg_match('/<categoryA>(.*)</categoryA><categoryB>/',$input,$output);

Where it matches but it gives me:-

Data1.1</categoryA><categoryB>Data 2.1</categoryB>
<categoryA>Data1.2</categoryA><categoryB>Data 2.2</categoryB>
<categoryA>Data1.3</categoryA><categoryB>Data 2.3</categoryB>
<categoryA>Data1.4</categoryA><categoryB>Data 2.4</categoryB>
<categoryA>Data1.5</categoryA><categoryB>Data 2.5</categoryB>
<categoryA>Data1.6</categoryA>

So it gives me the match that is my category but then goes all the way past my categoryB tag to the end categoryB tag.

How do I tell it to ensure it stops at the first categoryB tag or something like this

Thanks in advance

 

Here is the right code:

preg_match_all('|<categoryA>(.*)</categoryA>|',$input,$output);
print_r($output);

PHP:

 

Hi, this doesnt work sorry. It carrys on after /categoryA

 

not when I tested it.

Have you checked the print_r($output) properly?

 

With this code:

<?php
$input = "
<categoryA>Data1.1</categoryA><categoryB>Data 2.1</categoryB>
<categoryA>Data1.2</categoryA><categoryB>Data 2.2</categoryB>
<categoryA>Data1.3</categoryA><categoryB>Data 2.3</categoryB>
<categoryA>Data1.4</categoryA><categoryB>Data 2.4</categoryB>
<categoryA>Data1.5</categoryA><categoryB>Data 2.5</categoryB>
<categoryA>Data1.6</categoryA><categoryB>Data 2.6</categoryB>
";

preg_match('/<categoryA>(.*?)<\/categoryA>/m',$input,$output);
// If you don't like the \/ sequence you can use :
// preg_match('#<categoryA>(.*?)</categoryA>#m',$input,$output); 

var_dump($output);

?>

PHP:

I get this:

array(2) {
  [0]=>
  string(30) "<categoryA>Data1.1</categoryA>"
  [1]=>
  string(7) "Data1.1"
}

Code (markup):

You should not rely on the browser display as the output contains tags... You should view the page html source code...