Php search for a pattern in a string

Question

Can someone help me to find the job id from the text below:

$search_string = '/jobs/17 has no compatible crew with sufficient capacity (job: 304390)';

I have tried the following but did not have any luck:

preg_match("/\[job: ([A-Za-z\/]+)\]/", $search_string, $match);
print_r($match) --showing empty

Does this answer your question? Regex for matching certain numbers of digits — mighty_dev
– mighty_dev, Commented Jan 4, 2023 at 11:42
Why do you have \[ and \]? There don't appear to be any []s in your string. Also [A-Za-z\/] would look for alpha characters or a backslash, what do you want to match, the 17, the 30, or both? — user3783243
– user3783243, Commented Jan 4, 2023 at 11:46

The fourth bird · Accepted Answer · 2023-01-04 11:39:08Z

2

You should match parenthesis instead, and capture 1 or more digits. Then you can get the group 1 value:

\(job: (\d+)\)/

Example

$search_string = '/jobs/17 has no compatible crew with sufficient capacity (job: 304390)';
if (preg_match("/\(job: (\d+)\)/", $search_string, $match)) {
    print_r($match[1]);
}

Output

answered Jan 4, 2023 at 11:39

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