easy regex question: stops on some white space?

[blu-5a1Jt6qxUNc at public.gmane.org (Tom Metro)]

Eric C wrote:
> so i'm trying to write a script that will give me
> everything from "info" all the way to "END."  when i
> use something like:
> 
> preg_match("/info.*/", $var1, $var2);
> 
> unfortunately this stops at "and now for a couple
> returns:" and not at "END."  i've tried several
> modifiers such as /m and /s but no luck.

If you print $var1, or whichever of those is supposed to contain the 
string you are matching against, do you see the full multi-line string?

Assuming PHP accurately copied features from Perl, those modifiers will 
alter what the "." meta-character matches, but it won't help you if your 
variable contains only one line of data. (BTW, /s is the one you want.)

In other words, if your code elsewhere is iterating over the lines of 
the file you are trying to parse, you'll need to take other steps to 
either reassemble the lines into a single variable, or alter the way the 
file is loaded.

If you have a system with Perl installed on it, you might find Perl's RE 
documentation helpful. Run: perldoc perlre

  -Tom

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