/myid=([\d]{4,7})/ would match myid=4-7digits and have that in [0] and just the 
digits in [1].

On 26/03/2011, at 10:05 PM, Michael Adams wrote:

> i want to extract a match from a string. I have these working:
> 
> /myid=[0-9][0-9][0-9]/
> 
> on "index.php?foo=Y&myid=123456&bar=2"
> with the result
> 
> Array
> (
>    [0] => Array
>        (
>            [0] => myid=123
>        )
> 
> )
> 
> or
> 
> /myid=[0-9]{7}|[0-9]{6}|[0-9]{5}|[0-9]{4}/
> 
> Array
> (
>    [0] => Array
>        (
>            [0] => 123456
>        )
> 
> )
> 
> "myid" is between 4 and seven digits and i need to get the full number hence 
> why i check for 7 first.
> 
> /myid=[0-9]{7}|myid=[0-9]{6}|myid=[0-9]{5}|myid=[0-9]{4}/
> 
> Array
> (
>    [0] => Array
>        (
>            [0] => myid=123456
>        )
> 
> )
> 
> Just tried this... it works, it is what i want, but it just seems way OTT. Is 
> there a simpler way?
> 
> Much cleaner would be a way of extracting just the digits after ensuring it 
> followed "myid=" but i can do that on a second call if needed.
> 
> TIA
> 
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