PHP preg_match with file_get_contents empty array match-CodePudding

I try to extract data with preg_match

<?php
$HTML   = '#a#TEXT#a#';
$REGEX  = '/#a#(.*?)#a#/';

preg_match($REGEX, $HTML, $MATCH);

print_r($MATCH);
var_dump($MATCH);
?>

This works fine. But if i try the same from a file with file_get_contents

This is the input file file.php: #a#TEXT#a#

<?php

$HTML   = file_get_contents("file.php");
$REGEX  = '/#a#(.*?)#a#/';

preg_match($REGEX, $HTML, $MATCH);

print_r($MATCH);
var_dump($MATCH);
?>

The array $MATCH is empty where is my error?

If the file is like: #a#TEXT#a# that works!

But if the file is in multiple lines (with breaks) like that::

#a#

TEXT

#a#

It doesn't work. How can I solve it ?

CodePudding user response：

Are you sure the file is being correctly read? Try a var_dump($HTML); after you load the file. If it's False, then the file could not be read

CodePudding user response：

This is the regex that help me to match any character across multiple lines :

$REGEX = '/#a#(.*?)#a#/s';

I put an s on my regex it works