Posted by "Richard Lynch" on 10/20/81 11:24

On Thu, August 18, 2005 2:50 pm, Jon wrote:
> preg_match_all("/Charges \s\s+ $total x (.+) /siU", $single,
> $from_invoice);

I would recommend using \\s instead of \s -- While \s doesn't have any
meaning in PHP strings, so PHP just figures you must have meant \\s

> The text has "Charges" then a variable amount of spaces a previously
> picked
> decimal number" x " (and the data I want)" "
>
> is this correct or am I missing something? It seems to work sometimes
> and
> not others and I have not quite figured out what makes it fail.
>
> The error I get is
> Warning: preg_match_all(): unknown modifier '#' in "file"

Does $single have a "#" character in it by any chance???

Ooooh. Or does $total sometimes have "/#" in it?

Imagine that $total has "#/#" in it.

Then your PRCE string turns into:
"/Charges \s\s+ #/# x (.+) /siU"
v--------^
Preg "sees" this / to end the search string, and then it sees a #
after that, and thinks you are trying to use # the way you are using
"siU" at the end.

Only # ain't a valid character in that location.

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