RE: [PHP] ereg_replace
| From: | Brian V Bonini | Date: | Thu, 15 Feb 2001 17:16:44 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP] ereg_replace | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.general |
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Ok, but I thought the start and end chars
were ^ $
i.e., ^is$
or is this not what you mean by bounderies?
????
-confused... ;-)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robin Vickery [mailto:robin@planet-three.co.uk]
> Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2001 11:06 AM
> To: php-general@lists.php.net
> Subject: Re: [PHP] ereg_replace
>
>
> >>>>> "VB" == "Brian V Bonini" <brian@gfx.cncdsl.com>
> >>>>> writes:
>
> > 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
> >>
>
> >> > $string = preg_replace(
> >> > array( '/is/', '/string/' ),
> >> > array( 'is not', 'bit of text' ),
> >> > $string
> >> > );
>
> You could specify word boundaries on each side of your string
> to get the behaviour you were expecting.
>
> $string = preg_replace(
> array( '/\bis\b/', '/\bstring\b/' ),
> array( 'is not', 'bit of text' ),
> $string
> );
>
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