Re: [REGEX] Regex ref to '<' character problem (fwd)
| From: | Richard Lynch | Date: | Thu, 11 Jul 2002 23:31:17 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: [REGEX] Regex ref to '<' character problem (fwd) | ||
| Groups: | php.general | ||
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>Hi,
>
>I try to refer to the '<' character in a regex using preg_replace
>function:
>
>preg_replace("/(http:\/\/.\S+(?<![\<\>]))/", "<a
>href=\"$1\"
>target='ext'>$1</a>",
>"http://test<br>");
PHP needs a \\ just to get a single \, and Regex needs a single \ in front
of the <.
Thus, you need \\< so that PHP hands \< to Regex and keeps Regex happy.
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