Question

I’m looking for a regex expression to use with php :

I have 4 strings like this in array :

$strA = 'John P. Beck';   // name and surname
$strB = '12012 BlaBla Xx';  // street
$strC = 'Houston TX 12345-6789';  // city + zip code
$strD = '[phone]';  // telephone number

By now i’m using a regex in a for loop but it always returns me both the first and the second string, and sometimes the first and the third string….

for($i = 0; $i < count($array); $i++)
{
    if(preg_match("/[A-Z]/", $array[$i]))
    {
      echo $array[$i] . '<br>';
    }
    else echo 'no match<br>';
}

I need a regex with this conditions :
– at least 1 Uppercase in string AND absolutely NO digits… to return only $strA…..

Thank you very much

EDIT

sorry maybe I explained myself bad and without adding details…
This is the structure of the array (example):

[0] => <p>
[1] =>                41
[2] => <br />
[3] =>                John P. Beck
[4] => <br />
[5] =>                12012 BlaBla Xx
[6] => <br />
[7] =>                Houston TX 12345-6789
[8] => <br />
[9] =>                [phone]
[10] => <br />
[11] =>                42
[12] => <br />
[13] =>                Linda F. Green
[14] => <br />
[15] =>                1888 BlaBla Xx
[16] => <br />
[17] =>                Saint Louis, MO 12345-6789
[18] => <br />
[19] =>                [phone]
[20] => <br />
...
...
...

I need to store only the 4th string and the 14th string.. and so on …

@nickb : with $array[0] it returns always a p tag.. i’m in a for loop…… 🙂

Answer 1

0 or more chars (except digits), followed by one or more uppercase letter, followed by 0 or more chars (except digits) :

/[^0-9]*[A-Z]+[^0-9]*/

If you want your data beginning by the uppercase(s) letter(s) :

/^[A-Z]+[^0-9]*/