I used simple_html_dom, to parse some HTML and have the following HTML Table that in an array called $pre
Now, how can I use PHP regex to get only the lines that match the result below?
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<pre>1. APEAL/890/2010 HUSSAIN ISMAIL SATWILKAR SHRI C.K. PENDSE</pre>
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<pre> [Criminal] MS.ROHINI DANDEKAR ADV.AP</pre>
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<pre> V/S THE STATE OF MAHARASH PTD AS PER CTS ORD 7/9/17</pre>
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<pre> TRA P.P.FOR P. P</pre>
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<pre></pre>
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<pre> REMARK : (By Accused against Conviction) Note: (1) Matter is Ready for final</pre>
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<pre> hearing. (2) Accd. is in jail. (3) R & P with PB received. (4)</pre>
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<pre> Muddemal article are to be called for. (5) Report received from</pre>
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<pre> Nashik Central Prison stated therein that "Orig. accd. death dated</pre>
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<pre> 20/11/2015 (Report kept at flag "A") . ....... Court (DB) for final</pre>
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<pre> hearing.</pre>
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<pre></pre>
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<pre></pre>
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<pre></pre>
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<pre>2. APEAL/966/2011 ABDUL MALIK SHAIKH SHRI S. R. MITHARE</pre>
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<pre> [Criminal]</pre>
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<pre> V/S THE STATE OF MAHARASH</pre>
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<pre> TRA</pre>
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<pre></pre>
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<pre> REMARK : (By Accused Against Conviction) Note:- (1) Matter is ready for</pre>
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<pre> Final Hearing. (2) Original Accused is in Jail. (3) R & P received</pre>
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<pre> with PaperBooks. (4) Muddemal Articles are to be called for. (5)</pre>
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<pre> Report received from Kolhapur central Prison stated therein that</pre>
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<pre> "Orig. Accused expired on 19/04/2015 (Report kept at flag "A")</pre>
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<pre> - Court D.B. for Final Hearing.</pre>
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<pre></pre>
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<pre></pre>
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<pre>3. APEAL/486/2012 AJAY SITARAM BHARATI MISS. TANU KHATTRI</pre>
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<pre> [Criminal]</pre>
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Result after using Regex:
<pre>1. APEAL/890/2010 HUSSAIN ISMAIL SATWILKAR SHRI C.K. PENDSE</pre>
<pre>2. APEAL/966/2011 ABDUL MALIK SHAIKH SHRI S. R. MITHARE</pre>
<pre>3. APEAL/486/2012 AJAY SITARAM BHARATI MISS. TANU KHATTRI</pre>
Using this code: preg_match('^\<pre\>\d2*\./gm', $pre[$i]) returns:
preg_match(): No ending delimiter '^' found
This looks like the correct regex to use, this is from regex101:
^ asserts position at start of the string
\< matches the character < literally (case sensitive)
pre matches the characters pre literally (case sensitive)
\> matches the character > literally (case sensitive)
\d matches a digit (equal to [0-9])
2* matches the character 2 literally (case sensitive)
* Quantifier — Matches between zero and unlimited times, as many times as possible, giving back as needed (greedy)
\. matches the character . literally (case sensitive)
Global pattern flags
g modifier: global. All matches (don't return after first match)
The php preg_* functions require a delimiter - a symbol that is not used within the pattern.
Also, your pattern won't match correctly. The reason for this is that ^ matches the very start of the line. And the pre tag doesn't start for a few tabs.
This regex will match any pre tag that is on the same line, that starts with at least one number (for example, 1, 16, 256, etc) and a period.
preg_match('#(<pre>\d+\..*</pre>)#', $pre[$1], $matches);
vaR_dump($matches);
In this example, I've used # as the delimiter.