# Preg match this

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preg-match-this/277103>\
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**Created:** [December 7, 2008, 10:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preg-match-this/277103 "2008-12-07T22:38:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![DesignerMichael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@DesignerMichael](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DesignerMichael)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2008, 10:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preg-match-this/277103/1 "2008-12-07T22:38:55Z")

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I need a little help preg matching this… Anybody want to give me a hand? I want to preg match this out of my apache status pages to make one combined status page.

I just need the number at the start. The “35”. I suck at regex…

So… My attempt would be… ‘/\<dt\>^[0-9]$.requests/’ Help! lol

```auto
<dt>Server uptime: 1 hour 34 minutes 11 seconds</dt>
<dt>35 requests currently being processed, 4 idle workers</dt> </dl>
<pre>R_CRCRCCCCRCCRCR_..RWCCR_RCCCWC.R....RWCCC.C.._C..........R..... ................................................................

```