Re: Unexplained Issue Using Regex

would this not work? : <?php $string = "http://www.zshare.net/video/541070871c7a8d9c"; $replaceWithThis = 'HELLYES-'; echo $string."\n"; echo preg_replace('/\S+video\//',$replaceWithThis,$string)."\n"; echo $replaceWithThis.substr($string, strripos($string, '/')+1, strlen($string))."\n"; echo $replaceWithThis.substr(strrchr($string, '/'), 1, strlen(strrchr($string, '/'))); ?> OUTPUT: C:\>php test.php http://www.zshare.net/video/541070871c7a8d9c HELLYES-541070871c7a8d9c HELLYES-541070871c7a8d9c HELLYES-541070871c7a8d9c C:\> On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 2:32 PM, Nitsan Bin-Nun <nitsan@binnun.co.il> wrote: > Hi lista, > > I have been trying to figure this out for the last couple of hours but I'm > lack of luck. > Take a look at these regex's, the string that was inputed into the > preg_replace (using Uis modificators) and the results: > (the lists have correspondence to each other) > > ORIGINAL STRING > ---- > > http://www.zshare.net/video/541070871c7a8d9c > http://www.guba.com/watch/2000821351 > http://www.veoh.com/videos/v4609719YfsCFpf > > > REGEX USED (with Uis modificators) > ---- > http:\/\/(www\.|)zshare\.net\/video\/([^\/]+)             >   $3 > http:\/\/(www\.|)guba\.com\/watch\/([0-9]+)             >  $3 > http:\/\/(www\.|)veoh\.com\/videos\/([^\/]+) > > THE RETURNED STRING > ---- > 41070871c7a8d9c > 000821351 > 4609719YfsCFpf > > If you will go through this carefully you will notice that the first > character of each matching group is being deleted. > The regex's and the replacements string are being fetched from the database > (mysql) and goes straight to the preg_replace function with the original > string. > > I have no idea why this happens. > I'm looking forward for your opinions and suggestions. > > Regards, > Nitsan > -- Adi...