Re: greedy preg
| From: | skate | Date: | Thu, 07 Aug 2003 08:50:58 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: greedy preg | ||
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> Not sure if I understand you correct but
> the way you wrote your replace pattern the result should be
> <news></news>.
> If you want just the file to be replaced you have to use something like
> preg_replace("|<item>.*?($file).*?</item>|si",'\\1',$contents)
>
no, i want just the whole <item></item> replaced for that particular file.
the pattern i wrote shouldn't... doesn't touch the <news> section at all.
wouldn't the pattern you wrote replace the whole <item></item> with the file
tho?