Re: ereg_replace question

Sire: > <cmt The Master>This is a comment</cmt> > and return > <i>The Master comments: This is a comment</i> > > I thought this would do it: > ereg_replace("(<cmt (.*)>(.*)</cmt>)","<i>\\2 comments: > \\3</i>",$string) > > but it doesn't. > I'm running PHP 4.0b3 on Red Hat 6.1. Works fine for me. PHP 4.0.3, NT 4, Apache. > It also COMPLETELY fails on text that contains > <b>...</b> within the \\3 section, ie: > > <cmt The Master>This is <b>a</b> comment</cmt> Now, this, in reality, should not be an issue. I'm guessing you're setting up something for people to submit input. You'd be ill advised to let them stick in HTML. Doing so presents security risks, permitting users to inject scripts which can do some nasty things. See http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2000-02.html for more information. HTML should be stripped out upon submission. Enjoy, --Dan -- T H E A N A L Y S I S A N D S O L U T I O N S C O M P A N Y More than just answers. Solutions. (SM) http://www.analysisandsolutions.com/ 4015 7 Av #4, Brooklyn NY 11232 v: 718-854-0335 f: 718-854-0409