Hey Todd, Eric,

Thanks for replying.

> I don't believe you need both the / and the # for delimiters in your
> RegEx. Try using just # (since / is actually going to be in the text
> you're searching for) like this:
>
> <?php
> $data =
> file_get_contents("http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQ2dKXGAjNg");
> preg_match('#<title>([^<]*)</title>#iU', $data, $match);
> $title = $match[1];
> echo $title;
> ?>
>
>

> You can also escape the / like \/.


Ok, I changed it to:
<?php
$data = file_get_contents("http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQ2dKXGAjNg");
preg_match('/#<title>([^<]*)<\/title>#iU',$data,$match);
$title=$match[1];
echo $title;
?>
And this is the error i am getting:

Warning: preg_match() [function.preg-match]: No ending delimiter '/' found in C:\wamp\www\ezee\tests\get_remote_title.php on line 3

Ryan S wrote:
> Hey Todd, Eric,
>
> Thanks for replying.
>
>> I don't believe you need both the / and the # for delimiters in your
>> RegEx. Try using just # (since / is actually going to be in the text
>> you're searching for) like this:
>>
>> <?php
>> $data =
>> file_get_contents("http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQ2dKXGAjNg");
>> preg_match('#<title>([^<]*)</title>#iU', $data, $match);
>> $title = $match[1];
>> echo $title;
>> ?>
>>
>>
>
>> You can also escape the / like \/.
>
>
> Ok, I changed it to:
> <?php
> $data = file_get_contents("http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQ2dKXGAjNg");
> preg_match('/#<title>([^<]*)<\/title>#iU',$data,$match);
> $title=$match[1];
> echo $title;
> ?>
> And this is the error i am getting:
>
> Warning: preg_match() [function.preg-match]: No ending delimiter '/' found in C:\wamp\www\ezee\tests\get_remote_title.php on line 3
>
>
>
>
>

Take off the first /

preg_match('#<title>([^<]*)<\/title>#iU',$data,$match);
--
Jim Lucas

"Some men are born to greatness, some achieve greatness,
and some have greatness thrust upon them."

Twelfth Night, Act II, Scene V
by William Shakespeare

Ryan S wrote:
> Hey Todd, Eric,
>
> Thanks for replying.
>
>> I don't believe you need both the / and the # for delimiters in your
>> RegEx. Try using just # (since / is actually going to be in the text
>> you're searching for) like this:
>>
>> <?php
>> $data =
>> file_get_contents("http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQ2dKXGAjNg");
>> preg_match('#<title>([^<]*)</title>#iU', $data, $match);
>> $title = $match[1];
>> echo $title;
>> ?>
>>
>>
>
>> You can also escape the / like \/.
>
>
> Ok, I changed it to:
> <?php
> $data = file_get_contents("http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQ2dKXGAjNg");
> preg_match('/#<title>([^<]*)<\/title>#iU',$data,$match);
> $title=$match[1];
> echo $title;
> ?>
> And this is the error i am getting:
>
> Warning: preg_match() [function.preg-match]: No ending delimiter '/' found in C:\wamp\www\ezee\tests\get_remote_title.php on line 3
>
>
>
>
>

Too quick on the reply....

forgot not to escape the forward slash on the closing title tag

preg_match('#<title>([^<]*)</title>#iU',$data,$match);

--
Jim Lucas

"Some men are born to greatness, some achieve greatness,
and some have greatness thrust upon them."

Twelfth Night, Act II, Scene V
by William Shakespeare

-----Original Message-----
From: Ryan S [mailto:genphp@yahoo.com]
Sent: 13 October 2008 07:09 PM
To: Eric Butera; Boyd, Todd M.
Cc: php php
Subject: Re: [php] Little regex please...

Hey Todd, Eric,

Thanks for replying.

> I don't believe you need both the / and the # for delimiters in your
> RegEx. Try using just # (since / is actually going to be in the text
> you're searching for) like this:
>
> <?php
> $data =
> file_get_contents("http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQ2dKXGAjNg");
> preg_match('#<title>([^<]*)</title>#iU', $data, $match);
> $title = $match[1];
> echo $title;
> ?>
>
>

> You can also escape the / like \/.


Ok, I changed it to:
<?php
$data = file_get_contents("http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQ2dKXGAjNg");
preg_match('/#<title>([^<]*)<\/title>#iU',$data,$match);
$title=$match[1];
echo $title;
?>
And this is the error i am getting:

Warning: preg_match() [function.preg-match]: No ending delimiter '/' found
in C:\wamp\www\ezee\tests\get_remote_title.php on line 3


>> Sorry forgot to include the list in my post to you

Here is another solution if you don't want to play around too much with
regex:

<?php
$data = file_get_contents("http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQ2dKXGAjNg");

$strt = strpos($data,"<title>")+7;
$end = strpos($data,"</title>");
$len = $end - $strt;

$title= substr($data,$strt,$len);

echo $title
?>

Produces:
"YouTube - REALLY funny ad"

As mentioned, you can probably "neaten" this up a bit....regex may be too
complex for the simple requirement needed ?

But for fun, it will be nice to see get if preg_match can do it at some
stage :-)

Regards,

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Lucas [mailto:lists@cmsws.com]
> Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 12:13 PM
> To: Ryan S
> Cc: Eric Butera; Boyd, Todd M.; php php
> Subject: Re: [php] Little regex please...
>
> Too quick on the reply....
>
> forgot not to escape the forward slash on the closing title tag
>
> preg_match('#<title>([^<]*)</title>#iU',$data,$match);

That'll do, Jim.

I also thought it worth mentioning that by telling a catch-all character
sequence (.*) not to be "greedy", another viable solution would be this:

preg_match('#<title>(.*?)</title>#iU', $data, $match);

The ? will stop it when it reaches </title> through back-tracking.
Probably less-efficient in more complex regex patterns, but I find it
can make the patterns more readable at-a-glance in regex-heavy code
blocks.

Sorry.. a bit OT.. and the OP has already been answered. Meh.


Todd Boyd
Web Programmer