Simple Regular Expression Help

Discussion in 'PHP' started by ColorWP.com, Jun 28, 2010.

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  1. #1
    Hello.

    I have this block of text inside a string:
    How do I match and get all the listed directors in this string with regular expression so that I have the following array as result:
    $array = array(
"/name/nm0905152/"=>"Andy Wachowski",
"/name/nm0905154/"=>"Lana Wachowski",
);
    PHP:
    Essentially, the href attribute's contents will be array key and the link text will be array value. Note that the A tag sometimes has other attributes, which the regular expression should ignore, like onclick="" or title="" or target="".

    Currently I use this, but I've got to nowhere:
    $director = preg_match_all('%^<a(?:.*)>(.*)</a>$%i',$original,$new);
    PHP:

     
    ColorWP.com, Jun 28, 2010 IP
  2. Kaimi

    Kaimi Peon

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    #2 
    
<?php 
$str = '<div id="director-info" class="info">
<h5>Directors:</h5>
<div class="info-content">

<a href="/name/nm0905152/">Andy Wachowski</a><br/>
<a href="/name/nm0905154/">Lana Wachowski</a><br/>

</div>
</div>';

preg_match_all('#href="(.+?)".*?>(.+?)</a>#i', $str, $match);
$match = array_combine($match[1], $match[2]);
print_r($match);
?>
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  3. MyVodaFone

    MyVodaFone Well-Known Member

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    #3
    I currently use this, retrieves 1 director

    
function get_match($regex,$content)
{
	preg_match($regex,$content,$matches);
    return $matches[1];
}
    PHP:
    
$director = strip_tags(get_match('/<h5[^>]*>Director:<\/h5>(.*)<\/div>/isU',$imdb));
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    Might be of use, also if your interested your more then welcome to a copy of my script you just enter an imdb url and what you see on the site is what you get.
     
    MyVodaFone, Jun 28, 2010 IP