another way to match this that works with preg or ereg is to go like
this:
<body[^>]*>
On Mon, 25 Jun 2001 15:31:29 -0400, scott [gts]
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>exactly. use the non-greedy "?" with the perl regex's
>to have perl match the least amount of characters it can.
>
>preg_match('/<blah(.*?)>/', $text, $matches)
>
>in the case of perl regexp's, you have to specifically
>tell the regexp not to be greedy. the "?" regexp modifier
>is how you do this. (otherwise, the regexp will try and
>match the maximum amount of text that it can, which
>usually isnt what you want, since it'll match *eveything*
>between "blah" and the last occurance of ">" in the text)
>
>so, in the case of this text:
><blah now>
>sasfd asdf asdf
></html>
>
>the greedy will match something like this:
> now>
>sasfd asdf asdf
></html>
>
>and the non-greedy will match something like this:
>now
>
>
>
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Richard Lynch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>> Subject: Re: [PHP] Help with simple regular expression
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>>
>> That's because POSIX is greedy. Or Perl is greedy. Whatever.
>>
>> When one of them does that, use the other one.
>>
>> Instead of eregi, use pregi.
>>
>> Disclaimer: What I know about Regex could fit in a matchbook.
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>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > I'm trying to match the body tag in an HTML file (eg. <body
>> > bgcolor="ffffgg">) with the following regular expression and
>>eregi:
>> >
>> > <body.*>
>> >
>> > Unfortunately it matches everything from the body tag onwards
>>and doesn't
>> > stop at the greater-than sign. It should be simple thing but I'm
>>stumped!
>> To
>> > me the regex reads match string that begins with <body followed
>>by zero or
>> > more of anything and ending with a greater-than sign.
>> >
>> > Any help would be greatly appreciated! :)
>> >
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