Help using preg_match to get number of pages (of <a href="javascript: GotoPage(4);" .

[tony007]

Hi all i am trying to use preg_match to get number of pages from a html that has this format :

of <a href="javascript: GotoPage(4);" class="pagingLink">4</a>

in this case i want to grab the number 4 but it never works. Could any one tell me what i am doing wrong ?Hope some one help me .Thanks

global $curl;

// Retrieve number of pages page.
    echo 'Checking friends list... ';
    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, './test.html');
    curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POST, 0);
    $result = curl_exec($curl);
    $headers = curl_getinfo($curl);
    
    // Find out how many pages there are. 
    if (preg_match('~of <a href="(.+?)" class="pagingLink">([0-9]+)</a>~', $result, $matches))
    {
        $pages = $matches[2];
            echo ' Number of pages: $pages ';
        unset($matches);
        
    } 

Html content :

of <a href="javascript: GotoPage(4);" class="pagingLink">4</a>