PHP grep ?

[malef!c]

Hey guy, looking for a bit of PHP help.

I have a variable that has a lot of text in it, and I am looking for the phrase:

reg_xxxxx where x is a random 5 digit number.

Now in Perl I know I can use grep to find the 'rec_' bit and then print out the whole rec_xxxxx for me, but can't seem to find the right way of doing it in PHP.

I looked at preg_match but that only seems to give a TRUE or FALSE, and doesn't want to return the actual word!

Any help, as always, greatly appreciated!

Thanks

 

[JIM_BOB7813]

it places the different matches in an associative array, the $matches parameter.
http://uk2.php.net/preg_match

If matches is provided, then it is filled with the results of search. $matches[0] will contain the text that matched the full pattern, $matches[1] will have the text that matched the first captured parenthesized subpattern, and so on.

 

[malef!c]

Ah you star - after reading it again, I realised I missed the d+ bit to include all the numbers!!

Cheers - saved me ripping me hair out!