[naissa]

I have a question.

I used the following PHP code:

PHP Code:

$regexp = '#<div class="number value">(?<name>(.*?))</div>#si'; 

what does the (?<name> do?? and is the ? necessary?

Thanks,
Weina Scott

[Keith]

My first thought is that it's an assertion, but I'm not super keen on this aspect of PCRE.

[Nico]

I think this will assign a more specific array key. So rather than $result[1] it'll be $result['name'].

[Keith]

Yup.

PHP: preg_match_all - Manual

Example #3.