php clean up regex
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        Published on 2010-04-25T23:33:03Z
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hey can i clean up a preg_match in php from this:
preg_match_all("/(".$this->reg['wat'].")?(".$this->reg['wat'].")?(".$this->reg['wat'].")?(".$this->reg['wat'].")?(".$this->reg['wat'].")?(".$this->reg['wat'].")?(".$this->reg['wat'].")?/",$value,$match);
to look like this:
preg_match_all("/
   (".$this->reg['wat'].")?
   (".$this->reg['wat'].")?
   (".$this->reg['wat'].")?
   (".$this->reg['wat'].")?
   (".$this->reg['wat'].")?
   (".$this->reg['wat'].")?
   (".$this->reg['wat'].")?
/",$value,$match);
right now each space, it counts as a ling break so it wont return any finds when searching. but it just looks cleaner and easier to read is why i ask you know. i was looking for one of those letters to add after the closing "/" in the regex. thanks
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