PHP Regular Expressions to extract an integer

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Hi,

I'm new here but am looking for some advice on how to extract a specific string of text from a website.

Basically, i want to echo back the friend count on a myspace profile page ( http://www.myspace.com/rachelfurner )

I would like to extract the integer '9762' (and only the integer) from the following string: Rachel Furner has <span class="redbtext" property="myspace:friendCount">9724</span> friends.

I gather i can do this by loading the page via file_get_contents and then using RegEx to extract the integer but am unsure as to the preg_match value for extracting this specific information.

Any advise on the best way to do this whether via Regular Expressions or not, would be much appreciated.

Thanks,

Dave Grant

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<?php

preg_match('/\<span class\=\"redbtext\" property\=\"myspace\:friendCount\"\>([0-9]+)\<\/span\>/', $string, $matches);

// This will be the count
echo $matches[1];

?>

I haven't tested this but it SHOULD work.