Get 2 strings from a string - PHP

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I am new to the PHP, need to get "url" and "description" from following string.

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhnVcAC5bIM">Official: Desi Kalakaar Full VIDEO Song | Yo Yo Honey Singh | Honey Singh New Songs 2014</a>

Any help.

Thanks

Community · Accepted Answer · 2023-11-14 22:24:31Z

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A better way to go about it would be to use the SimpleXMLElement class:

$str = '<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhnVcAC5bIM">Official: Desi Kalakaar Full VIDEO Song | Yo Yo Honey Singh | Honey Singh New Songs 2014</a>';

$elem = new SimpleXMLElement($str);

$url = $elem->attributes();
$url = $url["href"];

$description = $elem->__toString(); // or just $elem.

echo "URL: " . $url;
echo "<br>";
echo "Description: " . $description;

edited Nov 14, 2023 at 22:24

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answered Sep 4, 2014 at 5:43

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user3820288 Over a year ago

Throwing syntax error near $url = $elem->attributes()["href"]; Error = syntax error, unexpected '['

Marty Over a year ago

@user3820288 That means you're using an older version of PHP. Try the updated code.

vks · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-04 05:34:44Z

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.*?\"(.*?)\">(.*?)<\/a>

You can try this.

See demo.

http://regex101.com/r/nC8jC7/1

answered Sep 4, 2014 at 5:34

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