use match_all to get an array of matches.
$s = "[VET]We r NOT [PA]-Crew [TC]";
preg_match_all('/\[.*?\]/', $s, $matches);
while (list($k,$v) = each($matches[0])) {
print "$k = $v<BR>\n";
}
prints:
0 = [VET]
1 = [PA]
2 = [TC]
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Roark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Subject: [PHP] regex pattern match and extract
>
> $sql="select nfo_gname from galaxy_nfo limit 1";
> $result=db_query($sql);
> if ($result) {
>
> while (list($nfo_gname)=mysql_fetch_row($result)) {
> echo ("$nfo_gname");
>
> ereg ("\[[a-zA-Z0-9]\]", $nfo_gname, $regs);
>
> echo $regs[1];
>
> I'm trying to match any thing between [] and pull it from the string and
> print it to the page. I want the []'s matched as well.
>
> IE:
>
> $nfo_gname contains the following information
>
> [VET]We r NOT [PA]-Crew [TC]
>
> should $regs[1] contain:
> [VET] [PA] and [TC]
>
> ?
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