preg_match_all no results

Question

    preg_match_all('|<tr>(.*?)</tr>|', '<table>
<tr>
<td>oo</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>ddd</td>
</tr>
</table>', $matches, PREG_PATTERN_ORDER);

why this doesn't show any results. I want to get second match $matches[1][2]

Advice: don't use regex to parse HTML. Use a genuine HTML parser instead. — lonesomeday, Jun 04 '11 at 12:11
I second this advice, however what do you mean by Genuine HTML parser? Any good way to do that in PHP? — Alex, Jun 04 '11 at 12:18
I see you only have one group, `(.*?)`. What do you expect to find in `$matches[1][2]`? — rid, Jun 04 '11 at 12:22
Note: matches counting starts from 0. So, if you need second match, you would use $matches[1][1]. — , Jun 04 '11 at 12:32
Do not use simplehtmldom if you can avoid it: there are way faster methods: see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3577641/best-methods-to-parse-html-with-php/3577662#3577662 — Wrikken, Jun 04 '11 at 12:59
simplehtmldom use same codes as regex and preg_match I dont see any difference with my code below — goni, Jun 04 '11 at 16:30

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 04 '11 at 12:09

4

You need to use the s pattern modifier

preg_match_all('|<tr>(.*?)</tr>|s', ...

answered Jun 04 '11 at 12:09

user775263

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