How to return only named groups with preg_match or preg_match_all?

Question

Example:

$string = \"This is some text written on 2010-07-18.\";
preg_match(\'|(?\\d\\d\\d\\d-\\d\\d-\\d\\d)|i\', $string, $arr_result);
print_r(         


        

Answer 1

Try this:

$string = "This is some text written on 2010-07-18."; 
preg_match('|(?\d\d\d\d-\d\d-\d\d)|i',$string,$arr_result);
echo $arr_result['date'];