I have a block of text where I need yo find bits of text like: {slider:1} {video-alt:10}

I have this bit of code

$regex = '/{[ ]*(slider)|(slider-alt)|(video)[ ]*:[0-9]+[ ]*}/';
        $matches = array();
        preg_match_all( $regex, $row->content, $matches );

But the array returned is all messed up...

Array output:

Array ( [0] => {slider [1] => {slider [2] => video:2} )
Array ( [0] => slider [1] => slider [2] => )
Array ( [0] => [1] => [2] => )
Array ( [0] => [1] => [2] => video )

For the input:

{slider:6}
{slider-alt:2}
{video:2}

Any help?

• php
• regex
• content-management-system

Your regexp is messy.

$regex = '/{ *(slider|slider-alt|video) *:\d+ *}/';
$matches = array();
preg_match_all( $regex, $row->content, $matches );