How do I only return the first of a ereg() match?

Original - php Code <? // Regular Expressions $indentify = "(HURRICANE*|TROPICAL STORM*)"; //Retrieved file $file=file("http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/dis/NAL1098.012"); $fileTwo=file("http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/dis/NAL1098.001"); //Loop Statement: Break into a '$lines' Array for($i=0;$i<count($fileTwo);$i++){ $lines=explode("|",$fileTwo[$i]); for($y=0;$y<count($lines);$y++){ if (ereg($indentify, $lines[$y], $defNames)) echo "$defNames[0]"; } //echo "<br>"; } ?>

<?
// Regular Expressions
$indentify = "(HURRICANE*|TROPICAL STORM*)";
 
//Retrieved file
$file=file("http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/dis/NAL1098.012");
$fileTwo=file("http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/dis/NAL1098.001");
 
//Loop Statement: Break into a '$lines' Array
for($i=0;$i<count($fileTwo);$i++){
    $lines=explode("|",$fileTwo[$i]);
        for($y=0;$y<count($lines);$y++){
            if (ereg($indentify, $lines[$y], $defNames)) echo "$defNames[0]";
        }
        //echo "<br>"; 
}
 
?>