No ending delimiter '/' found error

Question

I have adjusted a small script to check backlinks. Yet I keep on getting the error

Warning: preg_match() [function.preg-match]: No ending delimiter \'/\' found in li

Answer 1

The error is very clear really, you didn't include the trailing /:

preg_match('/<div id="resultStats">About \(.*?)\ /',$v,$s);

I honestly doubt your escape characters are well placed though. Maybe you meant \)?

Answer 2

Try changing preg_match('/<div id="resultStats">About \(.*?)\ ',$v,$s);

To preg_match('/<div id="resultStats">About \(.*?)\ /',$v,$s);

/ is a "delimiter" meaning it tells preg_match where the regex pattern ends.

Answer 3

It does not have a closing /

preg_match('/ pattern /', $subject);

You have a beginning (slash) / but no closing (slash) /

It looks for the pattern you define in between the 2 slashes.