RE: [PHP] ereg_replace
| From: | Brian V Bonini | Date: | Thu, 15 Feb 2001 16:32:18 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP] ereg_replace | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.general |
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Ah right, strings not words, I feel like a dummy now... ;-)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Vanderbeck [mailto:agathorn@cfl.rr.com]
> Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2001 10:57 AM
> To: brian@gfx.cncdsl.com; Robin Vickery; php-general@lists.php.net
> Subject: Re: [PHP] ereg_replace
>
>
> > why does this
> >
> > <?php
> > $string = "this is my string.";
> >
> > print $string . "<br>\n";
> >
> > $string = preg_replace(
> > array( '/is/', '/string/' ),
> > array( 'is not', 'bit of text' ),
> > $string
> > );
> >
> > print $string . "<br>\n";
> > ?>
> >
>
> This happens because you are replacing "is" with "is not" so parse your
> string by hand:
>
> "this is my string"..ok the first occurence of "is", is in the
> word "this",
> so do the replace..the replaced part in CAPS:
> "thIS NOT" .. then the second "is":
> thIS NOT IS NOT" etc..I think you can see why now..
>
> - John Vanderbeck
> - Admin, GameDesign
>
>
>
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