'or' syntax in regexp...

Hi there,
Can someone please explain to me how to phrase an 'or'
conditional in
regexp? Using php, I need to rephrase this function to
search for ?
v=(any chars) followed by either a ] square bracket or an
&
ampersand.

preg_match_all("!?v=(.*?)]!",$result,$output);

Thanks a lot,
Ciaran
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Ciaran,

A character class can be used to specify a set of characters
that can
be matched.  The following will match ']' or '&':

[]&]

The ']' needs to be escaped, as it is a metacharacter part
of the
character class syntax.  The '|' alternation character can
be used if
the options have more than one character.  The following is
the way to
match ']' or '&' with alternation:

(]|&)

I hope this helps.

Jeff



On Dec 24, 7:18 pm, Ciaran <cronok...hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi there,
> Can someone please explain to me how to phrase an 'or'
conditional in
> regexp? Using php, I need to rephrase this function to
search for ?
> v=(any chars) followed by either a ] square bracket or
an &
> ampersand.
>
>
preg_match_all("!?v=(.*?)]!",$result,$output);
>
> Thanks a lot,
> Ciaran
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Great, thanks a million Jeff! It makes a lot of sense now
that I see
it.
Ciaran
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