Re: eregi_replace driving me nuts
| From: | Analysis & Solutions | Date: | Wed, 10 Jul 2002 03:48:07 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: eregi_replace driving me nuts | ||
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On Tue, Jul 09, 2002 at 10:40:33PM -0500, Chris Shiflett wrote:
> Patrick Teague wrote:
>
> >$os = eregi_replace( "Win[^dows]", "Windows ", $os );
>
> I'm pretty sure (I'm not a regular expression expert) this matches "a
> string that begins with Win followed by a character that is not d, o, w,
> or s.
Exactly.
To get the behavior I think you want, do this:
$os = eregi_replace('(Windows|Win)', 'Windows ', $os);
The order of the pattern matches "Windows" before "Win" so if the input is
"Windows" you won't wind up with "Win Windows"
--Dan
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