Error with php regular expression

Question

i have this code:

$text = "###12###hello###43###good###113###thefinalstring";
preg_match_all('/(.*?)###(\d*)###(.*?)/is', $text, $matches, PREG_SET_ORDER);

If I dump $matches, why there is not "thefinalstring" anywhere? Where is the error in the regular expression?

Thanks

Can you explain what is your goal, what do you exactly want to match? — Casimir et Hippolyte
– Casimir et Hippolyte, Commented Jun 6, 2013 at 15:21
(.*?)###(\d*)###(.*?)([a-zA-Z]*)..Is it solving your purpose? — Rinku
– Rinku, Commented Jun 6, 2013 at 15:21
What are you trying to achieve ? are seeking for thefinalstring only ? — Mehdi Karamosly
– Mehdi Karamosly, Commented Jun 6, 2013 at 15:43
i want to know every part of the string, that is interrupted by a ###number### (and there can be any kind of chars) — Oscar Fanelli
– Oscar Fanelli, Commented Jun 6, 2013 at 19:17
so you want "hello", "good" and "thefinalstring" as matched result? — Rinku
– Rinku, Commented Jun 7, 2013 at 4:22

Rinku · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-06 15:21:15Z

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(.*?)###(\d*)###(.*?)([a-zA-Z]*)

Use this regex

answered Jun 6, 2013 at 15:21

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Oscar Fanelli Over a year ago

mmm this work with only normal chars.. how can I say, all chars?

Toto · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-07 10:11:44Z

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Have a try with:

$text = "###12###hello###43###good###113###thefinalstring";
preg_match_all('/###(\d*)###([^#]*)/is', $text, $matches, PREG_SET_ORDER);
print_r($matches);

output:

Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [0] => ###12###hello
            [1] => 12
            [2] => hello
        )

    [1] => Array
        (
            [0] => ###43###good
            [1] => 43
            [2] => good
        )

    [2] => Array
        (
            [0] => ###113###thefinalstring
            [1] => 113
            [2] => thefinalstring
        )

)

answered Jun 7, 2013 at 10:11

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Oscar Fanelli Over a year ago

we are close.. if it finds a #, it break... I want to break only if it finds another ###number###

Toto Over a year ago

@OscarFanelli: Sorry, I don't get you. You could show sample strings and what you want to match for each of them.

Oscar Fanelli Over a year ago

Sample 1: <p>Hello###405### </p><p>###32### </p> Sample 2: ###403### Hello Sample 3: Hello ###420001### Sample 4: <div>Bye</div>

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