Parsing text/html file

[cripplertd]

I need help parsing the name and # out of this html file, *note this is just one instance of a few hundred, all are in the same pattern, starting with tip1 = 'name<br>number'

tip1 = 'Nate Abeare<br>[phone]';

This is what I have, exciting huh!

<?php
 $url = "http://example.com/prospectlist.html";
 $filepointer = fopen($url,"r");
 if($filepointer){
 while(!feof($filepointer)){
 $buffer = fgets($filepointer,4096);
 $file .= $buffer;
 }
 fclose($filepointer);
 } else {
 die("Could not open file"); 
 }
?>
 <?php
$regexname = "/[tip1 = ']/";
preg_match_all($regexname,$file,$match);
 $result = $match[1];
echo $result ; 
?>

[edited by: eelixduppy at 1:37 pm (utc) on Aug. 28, 2007]
[edit reason] use example.com, please [/edit]

[cripplertd]

cool thanks,

only problem I have now is that in that list I have ppl listed about 12 times, is there any sort of way to run an if statment so it checks to see if the name / # is already on the list as it goes?