Having problem with preg_match

Can anyone tell me why I am not just getting the URL from the below code returned in $matches[1]..... The returned URL starts correctly, but it also includes a ton of data after the closing quotes after the URL portion is finished.


if (preg_match('~</script><br /><br /><a href="(.+)" class="link" target="_blank">~i',$html,$match)) {
// blah
}


Thanks!

Probably because your regexp is greedy. Try (.+?) instead of (.+), or put the modifier U at the end of your regexp.

Thanks..... I actually changed it to the below..


if (preg_match('~</script><br /><br /><a href="([^"]+)" class="link" target="_blank">~i',$html,$match)) {
// blah
}


Dunno why I didn't notice that earlier. :)