[kevinkhandublin]

I want a regular expression that will match this html code

PHP Code:

<li class="tel"><strong>Tel:&nbsp;</strong><span><!-- sphoneid telnr="+353 (021)4501172" fileas="Abbey Business & Communications" -->(021)4501172<!-- sphoneid --></span></li> 

I set up this one but it doesnt seem to work?

PHP Code:

strContactMatches2 = '~<li class="tel"><strong>Tel:&nbsp;</strong><span><!-- sphoneid telnr="(.*)" fileas="(.*)" -->(.*)<!-- sphoneid --></span></li>~isU'; 

What is wrong does anyone know

[Keith]

Have a look at escaping special characters, such as <, >, -, etc...
PHP: preg_quote - Manual

[End User]

Try this:

PHP Code:

<li class="tel"><strong>Tel\:&nbsp;<\/strong><span><\!-- sphoneid telnr="\+353 \(021\)4501172" fileas="Abbey Business & Communications" -->\(021\)4501172<\!-- sphoneid --><\/span><\/li>