Using regex to get specific string in it's entirity php

Question

I am parsing email raw text bodies, and they have no HTML, so it's a multi line string essentially.

I thought I created a regex to catch: Quote: #403 I need that back as [Quote, 403] from the entirety of this large string.

So heres an example:

$body = "
Test Person
Tester
(123) 123-1234
 <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]
[email protected]




Your Information:

Name: Last, First
Email: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> 
Phone: (123) 123-1234

Quote: #403";

preg_match('/^[a-zA-Z]+: #[0-9]+$/i', $body,$matches);

var_dump($matches); // => array(0) {}

Matches is empty. Based on my understanding this should have worked.

Thoughts?

^ asserts the beginning of the string, not the beginning of the line, unless you're using /m (multiline) — Jesse
– Jesse, Commented Dec 13, 2021 at 21:14

David · Accepted Answer · 2021-12-13 21:13:46Z

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Try removing the "start" and "end" characters and make it multi-line:

preg_match('/[a-zA-Z]+: #[0-9]+/m', $body,$matches);

answered Dec 13, 2021 at 21:13

David

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TheWebs Over a year ago

This works and I technically can "explode" on the hash to get the quote number. I was just hoping to use regex to get it back in the array I wanted: [Quote, 403] but this works.

bobble bubble Over a year ago

@TheWebs You can use capturing groups (demo)

TheWebs Over a year ago

@bobblebubble What would I do with out you :D Hahahaha thanks friend :D

bobble bubble Over a year ago

: ) You welcome @TheWebs

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