How to include forward slash and dots in PHP preg_match_all?

Asked Feb 19 '18 at 10:15

Active Feb 19 '18 at 14:53

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My PHP code looks like :

preg_match_all("/\|\w+\|/s", $str, $pat_array1);

When I am using

str = 'For detail check this site |mysite|.'

I am getting output as :

Array
(
    [0] => |mysite|
)

But when I am using forward slash or dot(.), I'm not getting the correct output. For Example if :

str = 'For detail check this site |mysite.com/parm1/parm2?val=1|.'

then my output is a blank array like:

Array
(
)

For this case I want to get output like

Array
(
    [0] => |mysite.com/parm1/parm2?val=1|
)

edited Feb 19 '18 at 14:53

James Z

asked Feb 19 '18 at 10:15

vvk

`preg_match_all("/\|.*?\|/s", $str, $pat_array1);` or `preg_match_all("/\|[^|]*\|/", $str, $pat_array1);` will work. – Wiktor Stribiżew Feb 19 '18 at 10:17
Your question has been marked duplicate, but one sensible thing to do when trying to match metacharacters is to place them inside brackets, e.g. use `[./]` to match literal dot or forward slash. – Tim Biegeleisen Feb 19 '18 at 10:17
Because `.` and `/` are not word characters. – Gurmanjot Singh Feb 19 '18 at 10:18
@WiktorStribiżew That worked! Thanks. – vvk Feb 19 '18 at 10:51

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