PHP function to return any given attribute of a complete HTML tag.

getAttribute.php

/*

This function will return any given attribute of a complete HTML tag.

Originally found at http://www.phpfreaks.com/forums/index.php?topic=209684.0

*/

function getAttribute($attribute, $tag)
{
	$re = '/' . preg_quote($attribute) . '=([\'"])?((?(1).+?|[^\s>]+))(?(1)\1)/is';
	
	if( preg_match($re, $tag, $match) )
	{
		return urldecode($match[2]);
	}
	
	return false;
}