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qucik php regular expression question

ChicoMendez · 2006-06-16 14:29:36

hi can anyone tell me how to select all the names from a lump of text considering all the names are surronded by [[ ]] qsdk qsd qs john qkjsd jksqjkdsq mary qskdjh sqkjdhsqhjsdq s james Thank you

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16-06-2006 3:29pm

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ChicoMendez

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hi
can anyone tell me how to select all the names from a lump of text considering all the names are surronded by [[ ]]

qsdk qsd qs john qkjsd jksqjkdsq mary qskdjh sqkjdhsqhjsdq s james

Thank you

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#2 16-06-2006 4:42pm

forbairt

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very simply ...

<?php
$subject = "qsdk qsd qs [[john]] qkjsd jksqjkdsq [[mary]] qskdjh sqkjdhsqhjsdq s [[james]]";
$pattern = '/\[\[(\w+)\]\]/';
preg_match($pattern, $subject, $matches);
print_r($matches);
?>

doesn't have any bells or whistles on it ...