preg_match or preg_replace to get only number from html code

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I am having a bit trouble to get only number from specific part of html code, i am parsing one page and output of content looks like this.

<div class="priceitem"> 1,098&nbsp;USD <span id="XUwt-price-mb-aE068a15dcca8E168a15dcca8-tooltipIcon" class="tooltip-icon afterPrice info-icon"> <svg class="" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 200 200" width="100%" height="100%"><use xlink:href="#common-icon-icon-info"></use></svg> </span> <br></div>

I am using simplehtmldom to get content, so everything inside priceitem get output with it. Can i somehow use preg_match to match pattern or preg_replace to get only price number like 1,098.

The price can change so sometimes it will be only 29 usd which will output 29 USD, sometimes price can be 305 USD, but over 1k it will have comma which i don't need really.

Here is my attempt on everything:

foreach($html->find('div.priceitem') as $element) {
    $pricenum = preg_match("/([^\s]+)/","", $element->innertext);
    echo $pricenum;
}

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– CertainPerformance, Commented Nov 28, 2018 at 6:34

wp78de · Accepted Answer · 2018-11-28 17:03:32Z

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Here's a pattern that should get you all possible prices:

(\d{1,3}(?:,\d{1,3})*)+(?=&nbsp;USD)

The idea is, the numbers are in blocks of 1-3 digits, groups with a leading comma are allowed but not required after a regular block.  USD is as an anchor.

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However, if you are only interested in the integer part, removing the comma is still the best option: str_replace(',', '' , $string);

edited Nov 28, 2018 at 17:03

answered Nov 28, 2018 at 6:51

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lonerunner Over a year ago

This is awesome, thank you, i just found solution using combination of preg_match and preg_replace, but this is more foolproof.

pguardiario · Accepted Answer · 2018-11-28 07:49:35Z

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For int values it makes more sense to remove commas and then preg_match for /\d+/

answered Nov 28, 2018 at 7:49

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