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[rsnider19]

So I am parsing some html using preg_match_all().

This is my string:

<u>Text</u><br />More <strike>Text</strike><br />Even More Text<br /><br />

So my regex as of right now is as follows:

$regex = "/<u>([\w]+[^<]*)<\/u><br \/>([\w]+[^<]*)<br \/>[\w]+:[\s]*([\w]+[^<]*)<br \/><br \/>/";

I basically want to extract 'Text', 'More <strike>Text</strike>', and 'Even More Text'.
The problem is, right now it won't match because the <strike> throws it off. I am looking for a way to say perhaps this:

<br \/>([\w]+[^(<br \/>)]*)<br \/>

As in, Find a bunch of words that aren't '<br />', followed by <br />. I hope that is clear enough.

[rsnider19]

Solved that problem. I discovered what '?' and greedy means. lol. now I have come across another problem: how can you make it match part of the regex multiple times. Say I have:

<u>Text</u><br />More <strike>Text</strike><br />Even More Text<br /><br />Even More Text<br /><br />

So I want to do something like this:

(<br \/>.*?<br \/>)+

In other words, match '<br \/>.*?<br \/>' one or more times.

[Alexander]

There's a much more efficient method called using an XML parser you know, regular expressions on HTML is becomming a cancer.