[RESOLVED] Help with preg_match regex

[toxicious]

$regex = '#[0-9]{1,9}(?=">' . $name . '</a>)#';
preg_match($regex, $html, $matches);
echo $matches[0];

The variable $name is in my test case:

house

And the $html contains this string:

<a href="addonentry.php?fsid=54334">house</a>

My goal is to get the id you can see there, but it just won't work.
lol I am used to C#, the regex there makes sense compared to this :P