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From: Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk>
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Subject: Re: parsing print_r() output with preg_match_all() - question remains unanswered ...
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"R.Wieser" <address@not.available> writes:

[You've omitted attribution lines.]

>> The question, as above, sounds odd because if I do this:
>>
>>   $s = "one, two, two, three, one";
>>   preg_match_all('/one|two/', $s, $m);
>>   var_dump($m);
>>
>> I get the matches in order.
>
> Now imagine that the words "one" and "two" are actually two (or more) word
> phrases.

<snip more>

I was about to answer you specific points when I saw you have an overall
answer.  If there are any outstanding detail I'll have a go at answering
but it seems pointless to go through your questions otherwise.

-- 
Ben.