Here is the string:
$text = "aaaaaaaa[[Image:1939.jpg||thumb|right|200px|[[1939]], [[Mr. X]] is [[here]].]]bbb";
I wanna get this:
Image:1939.jpg||thumb|right|200px|[[1939]],[[Mr. X]] is [[here]].
It's a mediawiki mark format. one article has one or more image mark.
My code:
$pattern = "/\[\[Image:([\s\S]*?)\]\]/";
preg_match($pattern, $text, $match);
But i got
Image:1939.jpg||thumb|right|200px|[[1939
Please help!
You can do it using a recursive pattern:
$pattern = '~\[\[((?>[^[\]]++|(?R))*+)]]~';
$subject = 'aaaaaaaa[[Image:1939.jpg||thumb|right|200px|[[1939]], [[Mr. X]] is [[here]].]]bbb';
preg_match($pattern, $subject, $match);
echo '<pre>' . print_r($match[1], true);
explanation:
$pattern =
'~ # delimiter of the pattern
\[\[ # the two open square brackets
( # first capture group
(?> # atomic group
[^[\]]++ # all chars except square brackets 1 or more time
| # OR
(?R) # recurse the whole pattern
)*+ # end of atomic group 0 or more time (allow void brackets)
) # end of capture group
]] # the two closing square brackets
~x'; // delimiter with the x modifier that allow comments
$string = "[[Image:1939.jpg||thumb|right|200px|[[1939]],[[Mr. X]] is [[here]].]]";
$pattern = '/\[\[(.*)\]\]/';
preg_match($pattern, $string, $result);
var_dump($result);
try this with your all conditions
$text = "aaaadsfasdfaaaa[[Image:1939.jpg||thumb|right|200px|[[1939]],[[Mr. X]] is [[here]].]]bbbbdwebadfa";
$pattern = "/^[^.]+\[\[(.*)\]\]+[^.]+$/";
preg_match($pattern, $text, $match);
echo $match[1];