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**infekt** · 03-30-2010, 01:55 PM

Ok, this is the oddest thing i have encountered.

I am working on a CMS that provides a template token which renders out some html. I want to obtain that html into a variable and have my way with it. So, im thinking ob_start etc.

Here's the situation:

The template token: [special_section:edition_index]

This renders:

Code:

<a href="/special_section/4/">Answer Book</a><br/><br/>
<a href="/special_section/9/">Home Experts</a><br/><br/>
<a href="/special_section/11/">Young at Heart</a><br/><br/>
<a href="/special_section/28/">Bridal</a><br/><br/>
<a href="/special_section/29/">Complete Wellness</a><br/><br/>
<a href="/special_section/31/">Parade of Homes</a><br/><br/>
<a href="/special_section/37/">Summer Camp</a><br/><br/>
<a href="/special_section/38/">Recreation Services</a><br/><br/>

Here is ALL OF THE CODE:

PHP Code:


			
<?php  ob_start(); ?>
[special_section:edition_index]
<?php 
$data=ob_get_contents();
ob_end_clean();

echo 'DATA: ';
echo $data;

preg_match_all('/./', $data, $matches);
print_r($matches);

Which then outputs:

Code:

DATA: <a href="/special_section/4/">Answer Book</a><br/><br/>
<a href="/special_section/9/">Home Experts</a><br/><br/>
<a href="/special_section/11/">Young at Heart</a><br/><br/>
<a href="/special_section/28/">Bridal</a><br/><br/>
<a href="/special_section/29/">Complete Wellness</a><br/><br/>
<a href="/special_section/31/">Parade of Homes</a><br/><br/>
<a href="/special_section/37/">Summer Camp</a><br/><br/>
<a href="/special_section/38/">Recreation Services</a><br/><br/>

Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [0] =>     
            [1] =>     
            [2] => [
            [3] => s
            [4] => p
            [5] => e
            [6] => c
            [7] => i
            [8] => a
            [9] => l
            [10] => _
            [11] => s
            [12] => e
            [13] => c
            [14] => t
            [15] => i
            [16] => o
            [17] => n
            [18] => :
            [19] => e
            [20] => d
            [21] => i
            [22] => t
            [23] => i
            [24] => o
            [25] => n
            [26] => _
            [27] => i
            [28] => n
            [29] => d
            [30] => e
            [31] => x
            [32] => ]
            [33] =>     
            [34] =>     
        )
)

How in the heck is my $data var showing me one thing when I echo it out, then as soon as I add it to preg_match_all() it reverts to something else????

Any thoughts anyone?

Thanks.

**infekt** · 03-30-2010, 06:58 PM

In case any one was curious...
http://www.codingforums.com/showthread.php?t=192695