Re: Re: preg_match_all but no preg_replace_all?

From: Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 18:50:26 +0000
Subject: Re: Re: preg_match_all but no preg_replace_all?
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Peter Brodersen wrote:
On 10 Aug 2004 16:53:59 -0000, in php.general you wrote:
Yes. preg_replace is greedy by default.
Err, global, that is (although it's also greedy per default, but then again, that's also the case for ereg-functions and perl) <snip>
Regular expressions in Perl are not greedy by default. You have to specify the 'g' for it to be greedy. -- John C. Nichel ÜberGeek KegWorks.com 716.856.9675 john@kegworks.com

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