Regex question

[Jacobb123]

I need to match the "Health" in the following line. I have more lines that I need to match they all follow the same pattern but of course the links change.

PHP Code:

<li><a class="subtle" href="/dir/?link=list&sid=396545018">Health</a></li> 


[oesxyl]

Originally Posted by Jacobb123

I need to match the "Health" in the following line. I have more lines that I need to match they all follow the same pattern but of course the links change.

PHP Code:

<li><a class="subtle" href="/dir/?link=list&sid=396545018">Health</a></li> 


/<a class="[^>]+>([^<]+)/

best regards

[arnyinc]

There is also a strip_tags function which would work:

PHP Code:

<?php
$text='<li><a class="subtle" href="/dir/?link=list&sid=396545018">Health</a></li>';
$word=strip_tags($text);

echo $word;
?>

[Jacobb123]

Thanks for the advice. I have another question related to this.

After using the regex and preg_match_all it matches the strings I need but also some that I don't want.

I am trying to scrape category listings from a site. All the categories are listed between <UL></UL> tags I only want to match the lines inside the <UL> tags. Is this possible?

[oesxyl]

Originally Posted by Jacobb123

Thanks for the advice. I have another question related to this.

After using the regex and preg_match_all it matches the strings I need but also some that I don't want.

I am trying to scrape category listings from a site. All the categories are listed between <UL></UL> tags I only want to match the lines inside the <UL> tags. Is this possible?

/<ul>([^<]+)/m

all this can't help you if don't try to understand how regex work.

best regards