Posted by Nick Bell on 06/11/06 13:01

Rik wrote:
> Nick Bell wrote:
>> The expression:
>>
>> preg_match_all("/text.*?([A-Z0-9._%-]+@[A-Z0-9._%-]+\.[A-Z]{2,6})/i",$f,
>> $matches);
>>
>> Returns ONE email address on a line in $f beginning 'text' - how do I
>> retrieve ALL the email addresses on a line in $f beginning 'text' in
>> php?
>>
>> Many thanks
>
> Without looking further at e-mail validation, adjust:
> "/text.*?([A-Z0-9._%-]+@[A-Z0-9._%-]+\.[A-Z]{2,6})/i"
> to:
> "/^text(:?.*?([A-Z0-9._%-]+@[A-Z0-9._%-]+\.[A-Z]{2,6}))*/i"
>
> Note that your regex will think .@..xx a valid email-adress.
>
> Grtz,
Thanks. The $f is the result of file_get_contents(...) and the
'beginning of line' function ^ doesn't seem to detect the beginnings of
lines generated using this method.

Any thoughts?

Nick

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