preg_replace ignore certain string

[BigBadDave]

I have been making my own mark-up a bit like TGML :

function parseBDML($string) {
$search = array ("/\[sup\]/",
"/\[\/sup\]/",
"/\[sub\]/",
"/\[\/sub\]/",
"/\[s\]/",
"/\[\/s\]/"
$replace = array ("^{",
"}",
"_{",
"}",
&quot;<s>&quot;,
&quot;</s>&quot;
return stripslashes(preg_replace ($search, $replace, $string));
}

But I want to have a \[code\] | \[ignore\] tag (just like TGML) how do I make the regex ignore stuff between these tags ?? Regards

Big Bad Dave

davidbyng@hotmail.com

 

[KarveR]

just use a '^' as the first symbol in a bracket expression (i.e., &quot;%[^a-zA-Z]%&quot; matches a string with a character that is not a letter between two percent signs ***************************************
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[BigBadDave]

I don't get it can you explain?? Regards

Big Bad Dave

davidbyng@hotmail.com

 

[KarveR]

if you use a regexp, normally you will search for stuff like [a-zA-Z0-9] this will show you any letter or number and in any case.

If you dont want something you use [^abc] which would ignore abc but return everything else.

ry this page for help :

http://www.phpbuilder.com/columns/dario19990616.php3

I have it bookmarked as regexp is such a wife ***************************************
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[BigBadDave]

No thats not what I meant

I want to stop the search and replace from doing its thing when it reads \[code\] or \[ignore\] tags (without the slashes) Regards

Big Bad Dave

davidbyng@hotmail.com

 

[BigBadDave]

Anybody have an Idea? Regards

Big Bad Dave

davidbyng@hotmail.com

 

[KarveR]

Been playing around with ereg, eregi and preg_match today, but still I can't get my head round making the code avoid the bits you want to preserve.

Will need to think on a few pints .. doesn't normally help solve problems but it makes me feel better


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[Niv3k]

Perhaps if you use a sub-match. Without any special formatting, this is what I mean...
[ignore]

(*)

[/ignore]
then you can replace with everything inside the sub-match, using $submatch[1] or something to that effect...

Kevin