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Extracting the text between two given tags or patterns.
hi guys, i want to extract a string of arbitrary length between two given tags. for example, i have the string
"some string here <beginning_tag>the string i want to extract<end_tag>some more string here"
i want to extract the string between the beginning_tag and ending_tag. is there a way that i can do this with a minimal amount of code, say with regular expressions? any help/suggestions will be appreciated.
i asked something like this in the general programming section, but i want to do something like this particulary in php:
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/21816007/Extracting-the-text-between-two-given-tags-or-patterns.html#16468198
"some string here <beginning_tag>the string i want to extract<end_tag>some more string here"
i want to extract the string between the beginning_tag and ending_tag. is there a way that i can do this with a minimal amount of code, say with regular expressions? any help/suggestions will be appreciated.
i asked something like this in the general programming section, but i want to do something like this particulary in php:
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/21816007/Extracting-the-text-between-two-given-tags-or-patterns.html#16468198
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<?php
function getTagText($textString, $tagName)
{
$tag_begin = $tagName;
$tag_end = (3 === func_num_args()) ? func_get_arg(2) : $tagName;
preg_match("/<{$tag_begin}
return $matches[1];
}
$text = "some string here <beginning_tag>the string i want to extract<end_tag>some more string here";
var_dump(getTagText($text,
?>
function getTagText($textString, $tagName)
{
$tag_begin = $tagName;
$tag_end = (3 === func_num_args()) ? func_get_arg(2) : $tagName;
preg_match("/<{$tag_begin}
return $matches[1];
}
$text = "some string here <beginning_tag>the string i want to extract<end_tag>some more string here";
var_dump(getTagText($text,
?>
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I totally agree with Roonaan. In this case strpos is better...
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well thanks guys. your input is of much help!
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