Re: preg_replace works on normal string but not with a string build from a file

Thx, I had created a workarround, withs was looping through every line of the file and doing a rtrim. But your hint pointed me to the better solution The modifier m alone didn't do the job, because I uses a dot to match any character. But without the s modifier it will not match a new line. So both modifiers gets it all to work! Thx for the tip! Kind regards Jeroen Olthof, "John W. Holmes" <holmes072000@charter.net> schreef in bericht news:000801c29af6$a1a28450$7c02a8c0@coconut... > > take a look at the following code > > basic problem is, it works with the custom build string in the script > but > > not if get the code from a file. > > I allways used ereg_replace but after installing a newer version of > php > > (4.2.2) it became very slow, so now I'm trying preg_replace > > > > please help !!! > > kind regards Jeroen olthof, > > > > <?php > > $opentag = '<!-- #LOOP-START:aaa -->'; > > $closetag = '<!-- #LOOP-END:aaa -->'; > > > > // building the string in this script will give the wanted result > > $string = '<?xml version="1.0" > > encoding="iso-8859-1"?>'; > [snip] > > $string .= '</html>'; > > > > // building the string from a text file won't give the wanted result; > > // uncomma the next file for testing > > // $string = implode(false,@file('./loadlooptest2.html')); > > > > echo "<p>--result------------------</p>\n\n\n"; > > echo $result = preg_replace("/.*$opentag(.*)$closetag.*/", > '\\1',$string); > > echo "\n\n\n<p>--modified----------------</p>\n\n\n"; > > echo $modified_template = ereg_replace("$opentag.*$closetag", > > '{replaced}', > > $string); > > Well, that string and the file aren't exactly the same. The file has > newlines in it, the string you're creating does not. So in the string, > it's all on the same line, while it's on separate lines in the file. > > Preg_replace may be looking for that pattern on a single line. The /m > modifier may help in this circumstance, I'm not sure though. > > ---John Holmes... > >