[thelist] PHP RegEx

[Jon Molesa]

Hey guys I posted this on regex at gogolegroups.com also, but not sure how
used that list is.

I can't understand why when I use 

preg_match_all('/(regex)/', 'text string', $matches, PREG_SET_ORDER) 

that the entire regex gets returned in the array $matches.  Even if 
I use (?:regex) on the whole regex I still get the whole thing back.  
Is there and way to drop that part?  I know I could just ignore it, 
when looping through the array, but I'd like a bit more control over it.

It just seems as if I'm getting back more than I should.
Thanks.

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