Preface: I'm aware about general consensus standing against using regex to parse HTML. Asking you in advance, please avoid any recommendations in this regard.
Explanations.
I have the following regex
/<div class="panel-body">([^]*?)(<\/div>|$)/gi
It matches all content, including self, inside of the the div with class .panel-body
Full match:
<div class="panel-body">
<a href="#">Link</a>
Line 1
Line 2
Line 3
</div>
.. it also matches content with no closing div tag.
Full match:
<div class="panel-body">
<a href="#">Link</a>
Line 1
Line 2
Line 3
Don't match after closing `div`...but match this and below in case closing `div` is removed.
Line below 1
Line below 2
Line below 3
Question.
How could I improve my regex to do the following:
Not include in the full match
<div class="panel-body">and closing</div>(when there is closingdivtag)To do this straight (if possible) into the full match without using groups
Edit 1:
The string doesn't start with <div class="panel-body">, it starts with
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Webmin 1.851 on centos.centos (CentOS Linux 7.3.1611)</title>
</head>
<body>
<div>
<div>
<div class="panel-body">
* Note: It's never closed until the full load as it's progressive output.
Edit 2:
After posted answers, I made speed comparison tests. It's up to you, whose solution would serve best for you.
Speed-test Results