RE: [PHP] stripping

ok, so i don't have easy access to php at the moment, but here's the code in perl: $text = "alksdjflskjdf<blockquote>thi\nsisljf\nlasjdflajsdflj</blockquote>\nalsjfal; skjf\n"; print "$text\n\n"; $text =~ s|<blockquote>.*?</blockquote>||gis; print $text; so, the important part, the regex, is easy enough to put back into php...basically, you want it to be case insensitive, repeat as many matches as possible, and for the . to match \n as well... try that, jack > -----Original Message----- > From: Sebastian [mailto:sebastian@dslr.net] > Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2003 3:47 PM > To: Jack Dempsey; php list > Subject: Re: [PHP] stripping > > > I tried this: > $comment = eregi_replace("<blockquote>.*?</blockquote>", "", > $comment); > > Shouldn't it replace everything inside, including <blockquote> tags? > > cheers, > - Sebastian > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jack Dempsey" <dempsejn@georgetown.edu> > > > | just use a regular expression...do a substitution matching a > | <blockquote>.*?</blockquote> which is case insensitive and doesn't care > | about line breaks (m modifier)...use an empty string as replacement... > | > | jack > | > | > -----Original Message----- > | > From: Sebastian [mailto:sebastian@dslr.net] > | > Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2003 1:55 PM > | > To: php list > | > Subject: [PHP] stripping > | > > | > > | > Hello, > | > How could i strip out everything inside the <blockquote></blockquote> > | > including the <blockquote> as well? > | > > | > cheers, > | > - Sebastian > | > > | > > | > [quote] > | > [b]some text...[/b] > | > > | > <blockquote> > | > <b>some text...</b> > | > some more text.... > | > </blockquote> > | > > | > some more text.... > | > [/quote] > | > > | > > | > > | > > | > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >