Modifiers in regular expression patterns

We all like REGEX patterns, because it’s a great way to select, filter or replace strings, numbers or complete code blocks. How about PCRE modifiers, do you use them very often? A few weeks ago I need to use one because I get in trouble with line breaks in some string, I needed to select [...]

Parse html with PHP preg_match_all

For the most of the PHP developer which are using preg_match or preg_replace frequently is the function preg_match_all a smaller advantage, but for all others it’s maybe hard to understand. The biggest difference between preg_match_all and the regular preg_match is that all matched values are stored inside a multi-dimensional array to store an unlimited number [...]