Re: strip out too many newlines

thanx for the reply, but 1 problem. there is not only \n there are \r in the POST too (carriage returns) so a string can look like this: $string = '[quote=xx]\r\nfoo\r\n[/quote]\r\nmore text\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n'; and your regexp will only catch if there is just \n any solution for \r\n in combination too? ty. Marco Tabini wrote:

Don't know much about the app you're writing, but does this do the trick for you? echo preg_replace ('!

                    (
                     \[quote
                     (?:=[^\]]*)?
                     \]
                    )                # Capture the [quote=xxx] part
                                      \n*            # Eliminate any extra newlines here
                                      (.+)            # Get contents
                                      \n*            # Eliminate any extra newlines here
                                      (\[/quote\])    # Capture this part
                                      \n*            # Eliminate any extra newlines here
                                     !x', "\$1\$2\$3\n\n", $string);

HTH, Marco -- BeebleX - The PHP Search Engine http://beeblex.com On 8/4/05 9:44 AM, "Sebastian" <sebastian@broadbandgaming.net> wrote:

[quote=user] foo [/quote] <bunch of extra lines> more text...

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