Regex find string inside json string on html page

Question

I have some html code, which also includes a javascript tag and some json inside.

The json object looks like this:

var data =  {"service_notice":"111111-aa-bb-222222"}

I would like to extract the value for service_notice. How can this be done with regex?

I am also concerned that it could be formatted slightly differently:

var data =  {"service_notice" : "111111-aa-bb-222222"}

or

var data = {
    "service_notice" : 
        "111111-aa-bb-222222" }

Can you use json_decode php.net/manual/en/function.json-decode.php ? — Sumoanand
– Sumoanand, Commented May 24, 2013 at 18:34
No unfortunately i have the code as a string. It is included in an html string — Marty Wallace
– Marty Wallace, Commented May 24, 2013 at 18:34
preg_match('#\{.*?\}#s', $string, $m);print_r(json_decode($m[0])); Good day ... — HamZa
– HamZa, Commented May 24, 2013 at 18:38

zero323 · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-03 09:10:49Z

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You can use json_decode

 json_decode(substr($code, strpos($code, "{")-1, strpos($code, "}") - strpos($code, "{") + 2), true)

will yield an array that looks like

 array("service_notice"=>"111111-aa-bb-222222");

Thanks @HamZaDzCyberDeV

edited Nov 3, 2013 at 9:10

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2 Comments

HamZa Over a year ago

This will obviously fail since he's parsing it from an html code, something like this should do the job: print_r(json_decode(substr($code, strpos($code, "{")-1, strpos($code, "}") - strpos($code, "{") + 2), true));

HamZa Over a year ago

Nope, edit your answer and I'll upvote since it's your idea :)

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