php Matching javascript value

Question

I'm attempting to run preg_match to extract the text attribute from the first value in an javascript code.

preg_match('/^\[\[\["(.*)"/i', $data, $matches, PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE);

from

[[["text to extract"," ...

or

[[["text to extract",[[ ...

matches much text: text to extract",["...

Need onli from [[[" to next ".

what do you want to extract from [[["text to extract"," ... or [[["text to extract",[[ ... ? — apgp88
– apgp88, Commented Mar 29, 2015 at 17:45
It is dynamic, what I know is that the text always ends with double quotes. Accept any character without double quotes — e-info128
– e-info128, Commented Mar 29, 2015 at 17:51

apgp88 · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-29 20:23:38Z

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This Regex should work,

\[\[\["(.*?)"

It is capturing text to extract from [[["text to extract"," ...

It uses the concept of Group capture

answered Mar 29, 2015 at 18:01

apgp88

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Thanks! :D works fine. because the first double quote comes without backslash and the second we?

Constantino · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-29 17:17:03Z

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Looks like you are almost there. Just adding the comma to the regex:

preg_match('/^\[\[\["(.*)",.*/i', $data, $matches, PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE);

And now "text to extract" is in $matches[1][0]

answered Mar 29, 2015 at 17:17

Constantino

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Not work. result: description."]],,"en",,,[["SVM",1,

What if the text contains escaped quotation mark (\")?

when he brings is encoded in unicode quotes \u0000 because the string is an array in javascript