i've done it in past using vb , but is it possible to do it with php?

i want to get some text within a certain tag in the html of a page.

Sure, just use regular expressions... Examples are numerous. Google, as always, is your best friend on this.

can you give me an idea what i'm looking at, i'm not too good with php. what do i search for on google?

i tried searching for stripping a html page but it don't bring up much.

Something like "php regexp tutorial" ;)

Or, perhaps, "extract tag php regexp".

Why not post an example of what it is YOU are trying to do?

Originally posted by saghir69
i've done it in past using vb , but is it possible to do it with php?

i want to get some text within a certain tag in the html of a page.


Something like this?
<?php

$string = "<title>This is the title</title>";
preg_match("/<title>(.*)<\/title>/i", $string, $matches);
print $matches[1];

//Outputs "This is the title"

?>

hey thanks a lot, thats what i needed. i'll play around with it.

Or have alook at
www.php.net/strip_tags