Re: Removing UTF-8 from text

From: Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2007 22:17:18 +0000
Subject: Re: Removing UTF-8 from text
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On Wed, January 3, 2007 3:46 pm, Roman Neuhauser wrote: > # dotancohen@gmail.com / 2007-01-03 22:41:54 +0200: >> On 03/01/07, Richard Lynch <ceo@l-i-e.com> wrote: >> >Instead of trying to strip the UTF stuff out, try to capture the >> part >> >you want: >> > >> >preg_match_all('|<[^>]>|ms', $emails, $output); >> >var_dump($output); >> > >> >> Richard, I do have a working script now, but I'm intrigued by your >> regex. Why do you surround the needle with pipes, and what is the >> "ms" >> for? > > It's for "Did you know that the syntax is described in the manual? Did > you know that PHP has a manual on the web? It's at > http://www.php.net/". I'm pretty sure Dotan has re-read those pages almost as many times as I have... But that doesn't guarantee comprehension... :-) I don't mind answering Regex questions (PHP-related) because I know it took me *years* to even come close to being able to do anything with PCRE that wouldn't have been done faster/easier with str_replace and friends. -- Some people have a "gift" link here. Know what I want? I want you to buy a CD from some starving artist. http://cdbaby.com/browse/from/lynch Yeah, I get a buck. So?

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