eregi_replace 1

[ThomasJSmart]

y is it so difficult to find a simple answer to a simple question?

this is what i want:
eregi_replace("<font class=title>*</font>","",$string);

but it dun work

the point is to remove all instances of <font class=title>*</font> from $string. where * is supposed to be a wildcard. So <font class=title>bla</font> and
<font class=title><b>big bla</b></font> would be removed.

thanks,


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[nawlej]

LOad the body of the page into $body variable and try:

$pattern = '(<font class=title>)(*)(</font>)';
$replacement = '';
$body = eregi_replace($pattern, $replacement, $body);

echo $body;

 

[ThomasJSmart]

Warning: eregi_replace(): REG_BADRPT

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[nawlej]

Try preg_replace instead:

$pattern = "/<font class=title>*?</font>/i";
$replacement = '';
$body = preg_replace($pattern, $replacement, $body);

echo $body;

 

[KarveR]

that should be $pattern = '(<font class=title>)(.*)(</font>)';

not ethe .* thats any character any number of times.


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[ThomasJSmart]

the preg replace gave :
Warning: Unknown modifier 'f'

and $pattern = '(<font class=title>)(.*)(</font>)';
worked cheers!
.* is the key



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[vbkris]

be careful:

<font class=title><b>big bla</b></font><font>asd</font>

in the above case ur pattern may not work because * is basically greedy, so add this:
/(<font class=title>)(.*)(</font>)/U

the ungreedy operator...


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[ThomasJSmart]

(<font class=title>)(.*)(</font>)/U isnt removing anything...

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[vbkris]

ie, the regexp is not working at all???

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[KarveR]

looking at it, if you have more than one occurence,you will strip everything from the first <font class=.. to the last </font>.

to strip multiple incidences, use this intstead:

<?php
$body='before the first tag <font class=title>some stuff in the middle of tags 1</font> end of first tags <br> start of second <font class=title>some more stuff in the middle of tags 2</font> end of tags 2<br> rest of page';

$pattern = '/\<font class=title>(.*?)\<\/font>/si';
$replace='';
$body=preg_replace($pattern,$replace,$body);
//echo "<textarea cols=30 rows=5>$body</textarea><br>";// prove it works.
echo $body;
?>

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[vbkris]

that was the idea, just that i use a /U (ungrredy operator) tag...

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[vbkris]

that was the idea, just that i use a /U (ungrredy operator) tag...

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