Re: Regular expressions

ok for this 2: $body = preg_replace('|\[\s*quote\s*\]|', '[quote]', $body); $body = preg_replace('|\[\s*/\s*quote\s*\]|', '[/quote]', $body); but have these next instructions the same result? $body = eregi_replace("\[ *quote *\]", "[quote]", $body); $body = eregi_replace("\[ */ *quote *\]", "[/quote]", $body); "Jason Wong" <php-general@gremlins.biz> wrote in message news:200504121847.03640.php-general@gremlins.biz... > On Tuesday 12 April 2005 18:30, jem777 wrote: > > Php docs are quite messy about what works with what function... > > This is my problem; I want to strip out spaces from my tags: > > > > $word = "[ / quote ]"; > > $word = eregi_replace("[[[:blank:]]*quote[[:blank:]]*]", "[quote]", > > $word); $word = > > eregi_replace("[[[:blank:]]*\/[[:blank:]]*quote[[:blank:]]*]", > > "[/quote]", $word); > > > > I would expect the result to be: [/quote] but it is [ /[quote]. > > It seems the first replace actually do the replace, but the how does it > > match the slash "/" ??? > > preg_replace('|\[\s*/\s*quote\s*]|', '[/quote]', $word); > > You might want to spice it up with some ungreedy modifiers. > > -- > 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