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$string = "a frist string [[a second string]]";

I want to get in one line of code (using ereg)

$string2 = "a second string";

what is the good regexp ?
thanks

Pooxeur,
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Jul 17 '05 #1
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Pooxeur wrote:
$string = "a frist string [[a second string]]";

I want to get in one line of code (using ereg)

$string2 = "a second string";

what is the good regexp ?


Don't know about ereg; using preg_*() is faster and more powerful.
See the manual @ http://www.php.net/pcre

<?php
echo preg_replace('/^.*\[\[(.*)\]\]$/', '\1', 'one [[two]]');
?>

This script outputs: two

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