Modifying Multiple Records Functions

[jgd12345]

Hi, I need todo 3 functions todo the following to some text:
1. remove all occurances of <br />
2. changing first letter of each line to a capital
3. and first letter of each word to a capital

I'd be very greatful if you could help. Thanx

 

[philclare]

Hi jgd12345,

Sounds to me like you need a regular expression...

part1 can easily be done with a str_replace function e.g.
$string = str_replace(&quot;<br />&quot;, &quot;&quot;,$string)

parts2 and 3 can be done at the same time with a relatively simple regular expression. unfortunately my regex is very rusty!

cheers

Phil Clare

 

[philclare]

ok, time to shed some rust!

try:

$string = preg_replace(&quot;\b(.)/e&quot;,strtoupper('\\1')&quot;,$string);

let me know what happens

 

[jgd12345]

Cheers, I'll let you know how it goes as soon as I've tested it (at uni at mo and can't test). It's quite important that the function for 2 and 3 are different because I need to use them in different situations. I think the one you posted above is the solution to the third one. Thanx

 

[philclare]

I assume you are aware that student posting is not allowed in this forum?

 

[jgd12345]

That's abit mean, it's not for a uni project because we don't get the pleasure of using php for a project which I'd probably breeze. It's for a website

http://www.punkcentre.com

I need the functions to sort out the tabs in the database. Hope that clears things up.

 

[philclare]

sorry, I wasn't trying to be mean I was just checking!

to replace the first letter of the line with upper case just change the word boundary characters in the regular expression to the newline character... i.e.

$string = preg_replace(&quot;\n(.)/e&quot;,strtoupper('\\1')&quot;,$string);

 

[jgd12345]

Hey, I checked your functions by running the script at the bottom and the outputted text was blank shown below. Note I corrected a parse error in your solution:

<?

$string = &quot;Am I correct to defend the fist that holds this pen?<br />
It's ink that lies,<br />
the pen, the page, the paper.<br />
I live, I learn.<br />
You will always take what i have earned.<br />
And so aid my end while I believe I'm winning.&quot;;

$string2 = &quot;Good to know that if I had attention&quot;;

$string = str_replace(&quot;<br />&quot;, &quot;&quot;, $string);
$string2 = preg_replace(&quot;\n(.)/e&quot;, strtoupper('\\1'), $string2);
$string = preg_replace(&quot;\b(.)/e&quot;, strtoupper('\\1'), $string);

echo &quot;String 1: $string<br>&quot;; // Returned value of String 1:
echo &quot;String 2: $string2<br>&quot;; // Returned value of String 2:

?>

I'd be greatful if you could show me what is the problem. Thanx

 

[philclare]

You might need to wrap your regexes in delimiters i.e. change them to:
$string2 = preg_replace(&quot;/\n(.)/e&quot;, strtoupper('\\1'),$string2);
$string = preg_replace(&quot;/\b(.)/e&quot;, strtoupper('\\1'),$string);

Hope this helps,

Phil Clare

http://www.trinipoint.co.uk

 

[jgd12345]

Nope still didn't work. The errors I got are below:

$string2 = preg_replace(&quot;/\n(.)/e&quot;, strtoupper('\\1'),$string2); // This just didn't change the string
$string = preg_replace(&quot;/\b(.)/e&quot;, strtoupper('\\1'),$string); // Returned an error

 

[jgd12345]

Hi, another thing I really need help with is how to cut a string to a certain length. I found the function mb_strcut from php.net/manual but I need to install another module to get this working. If someone could tell me an alternative I'd be greatful. Thanx

 

[Moebius01]

If by cut a string to a certain length, you mean just strip it past X number of characters, that's easily done with the substr() function.

$string = substr($string, 0, 50); //Return the first 50 characters of $string.