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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:
<snip>
> Although this thread has gotten quite a number of posts, I've not seen any
> attempt to respond to my question :
>
> How do I get preg_match_all() to accept an "or" in the pattern (ok, this is
> not that hard) *and* put the result in the "match" array in the order they
> are found in (this one stumps me).

I image that's because the problem was tied up with a task that most
people thought should be abandoned and the specific example was rather
fiddly.  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.  Maybe you should start with a simpler
example like this to explain what's not happening as you'd like?  There
will be something about the way you use () and (?:) that needs to be
adjusted, but it will be simpler to diagnose in as uncluttered an
example as possible.

<snip>
-- 
Ben.