preg_replace

I have problems with preg_replace

here is the code

$thing='bla |block| text here |/block| text here';
echo preg_replace('/\|block\|.*[^\/b].*\|\/block\|/i','',$thing);
//prints bla |block| text here |/block| text here

Code (markup):

it prints the same means no match found
I want to replace |block|anything|block| with ''
Any help pls?

 

(nevermind)

 

'~\|block\|.*?\|block\|~si'

PHP:

Give this a try.