Question

Im trying to search for something on a page but i keep getting this silly error

this is the error i am getting

Warning: preg_match() [function.preg-match]: Unknown modifier ‘d’

this is the code im using

$qa = file_get_contents($_GET['url']);
preg_match('/<a href="/download.php\?g=(?P<number>.+)">Click here</a>/',$qa,$result);

And $_GET[‘url’] can eqaul many things but in one case it was http://freegamesforyourwebsite.com/game/18-wheeler–2.html

the the html of that url basically

Anyone got a clue :S ? I dont even know where to start cus i dont know what a modifire is and the php.net site is no help

thankyou !

Answer 1

You need to escape the ‘/’ before download.php otherwise it thinks you are ending your regex and providing ‘d’ as a modifier for your regex. You will also need to escape the next ‘/’ in the ending anchor tag.

preg_match('/<a href="\/download.php\?g=(?P<number>.+)">Click here<\/a>/',$qa,$result);