You do realize there is a PHP function for that http://php.net/get_meta_tags, I think... It will not work properly on oddly-formatted META tags, though... Go fit it, after you figure out the right Regex expressions. You'll want the non-greedy Regex (POSIX or Perl, I forget which is which). -- WARNING [EMAIL PROTECTED] address is an endangered species -- Use [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wanna help me out? Like Music? Buy a CD: http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm Volunteer a little time: http://chatmusic.com/volunteer.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: Kyle Mathews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups: php.general To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 10, 2001 12:29 PM Subject: Meta Tags and Regular Expressions > Hello: > > I'm looking for a good way to pull information from a static HTML file for > dumping into a database. > I need to pull the information from a META tag, and from within two comments > in the HTML file. > I know this can be done with regular expressions, but I'm not really sure > where to start or how to do it. > > <META name="CATEGORY" CONTENT="Test Content"> > > I need to pull the CONTENT information from this META tag. > > <!-- STORY START --> > > Story contents > > <!-- STORY END --> > > Then pull the information from between these two comments. > > Any help, and/or example code would help a lot. > > Thanks, > Kyle > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
