regex replace from xml string

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Hi i am laoding a 3rd party xml file but its broken it has no root eliment and has no encoding at the start the xml file looks like the demo below

    <channel>
    <name>redbull ( amazing red bull plane )</name>
    <url>youtube.com/redbull<url>
    </channel>
    <channel>
    <name>redbull1 ( amazing red bull boat )</name>
    <url>youtube.com/redbull1<url>
    </channel>

How do i go about removing the () and all the text within it ?

i dont know regex but have been told this is the best way todo it if i dont want to take apart the html using dom

also how would i go once removed the brackets and text echoing out every name and url like belw

    name:url
    name:url

thanks a lot :)

splash58 · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-12 17:40:18Z

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you may try to use such regex

/<name>([^\(]+)\s.+<\/name>\s*<url>(.+)<url>/g

DEMO

There you find explanation of use regex elements

I hope you understand how use this regex in php code

answered Jun 12, 2015 at 17:40

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