Re: Weird search and replace

On Thursday 06 January 2005 14:24, Liam Gibbs wrote: Please fix your mail client so that in word wraps properly! > Here's what I need. I have a string such as this: > > "Yadda yadda yadda yadda '32'(l) yadda yadda yadda '2'(l) yadda > '419'(l)." > (#2) > > I need to find the strings like '32'(l), '2'(l), and '419'(l), > including > the single quotes. Basically a '[0-9]*'(l). This is #1. > > Take that string, look up a record in an SQL table based on the number in > the single quotes. Take a field in the record (#3) and replace #1 with it. > So basically, we have: > > "Yadda yadda yadda yadda supplanted-string yadda yadda yadda > supplanted-string yadda supplanted-string." (#2) It seems preg_replace_callback() would be ideal for this job. -- Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.biz Open Source Software Systems Integrators * Web Design & Hosting * Internet & Intranet Applications Development * ------------------------------------------ Search the list archives before you post http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=php-general ------------------------------------------ New Year Resolution: Ignore top posted posts