Re: REGEX help

Here is one idea. Note this code is untested, but you get the idea: // First, get out all the quoted strings from the text. // $text contains the original text with the quotes. // here we match double-quote, followed by anything not double-quote, followed by double-quote // (you may need to test this regex against your text and adjust it) preg_match_all('/"[^"+]"/',$text,$matches); // put the array of matches into $quoted $quoted = $matches[0]; // replace all the spaces with underscores, put in $underscored $underscored = preg_replace("/ /","_" $quoted); // now replace the quoted strings in the original text for($loop=0; $loop<count($quoted); $loop++) { $text = str_replace($quoted[$loop],$underscored[$loop],$text); } dbarber wrote: > > Hello, > > I am trying to replace any spaces in a quoted string without > replacing any spaces which exist outside of the quotes. IE change this > > this is a test "hello I am trying to make this work" to > this is a test "hello_I_am_trying_to_make_this_work" > > thanks in advance, > > Dan > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net -- Monte Ohrt <monte@ispi.net> http://www.ispi.net/