Simple PHP Regex

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I am setting up a Zend_Route (but it is still just a regex) and I wish to match a url like

/en/experience/this-is-my-name-and-the-last-is-1-of-id-123456.html

So I want to grab the

this-is-my-name-and-the-last-is-1-of

and the

I tried

\w{2}/experience/(.+)?-(\d+)\.html

but that doesn't seem to work.

It would be easy if the other way around e.g. if it was id the name

/en/experience/123456-this-is-my-name-and-the-last-is-1-of-id.html

I could use

\w{2}/experience/(\d+)-(.+)\.html

But that is a cop out - so any advice on how to match original format?

So do you not want to match the -id- bit? Your example doesn't show it — Eric
– Eric, Commented Jun 9, 2011 at 12:38

Denis de Bernardy · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-09 12:35:19Z

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Try this one:

/\w{2}/experience/(.+?)-(\d+)\.html

answered Jun 9, 2011 at 12:35

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Kevin · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-10 13:34:08Z

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try this:
/\w{2}/experience/(.+)?-(\d+)\.html

zend route internally does this:
preg_match('#^/\w{2}/experience/(.+)?-(\d+)\.html$#i', '/en/experience/this-is-my-name-and-the-last-is-1-of-id-123456.html', $matches);

so, your pattern only matches with a slash on the beginning.

edited Jun 10, 2011 at 13:34

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answered Jun 9, 2011 at 12:57

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