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preg_replace syntax

Discussion in 'PHP' started by THT, Aug 3, 2005.

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  1. #1
    Im rubbish at regular expressions...


    heres what i want to do...

    replace:
    <A HREF="/search?q=keyword">keyword</A>

    with

    keyword


    I tried

    $var= preg_replace("/<A HREF=\"\/search?q=(.*)\">(.*)<\/A>/","$1",$var);

    But didnt seem to work... whats wrong...
     
    THT, Aug 3, 2005 IP
  2. johnt

    johnt Peon

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    #2
    It could be to do with greediness - by default the regexp will try and match the longest string possible.
    You can switch this off by adding the U modifier, so
    $var= preg_replace("/<A HREF=\"\/search?q=(.*)\">(.*)<\/A>/U","$1",$var);​
    might work or else try matching just letters and numbers
    $var= preg_replace("/<A HREF=\"\/search?q=([a-zA-Z0-9]+*)\">([a-zA-Z0-9]+*)<\/A>/","$1",$var);​

    I think one of them will probably do it

    John
     
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  3. THT

    THT Peon

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    #3
    thanks for your help... but neither worked.... :(
     
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  4. forkqueue

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    #4
    I'm more of a perl guy than a PHP guy, but I reckon this should work:

    $newvar = preg_replace("/<.+>/g","",$var);
     
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  5. J.D.

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    #5
    Your question mark is not escaped and regex is looking for searcq=keyword.

    J.D.
     
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  6. THT

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    #6
    yeah just came back to post thats what it was!
     
    THT, Aug 4, 2005 IP