Re: Replace ANYTHING between <TAG> </TAG>

<?php $tagname = "tag"; $somevar = "text; echo "<".$tagname.">".nl2br(htmlspecialchars(stripslashes($somevar)))."</".$tagna me.">"; ?> ----- Original Message ----- From: Dan Krumlauf <Boz@musheen.com> To: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Monday, July 23, 2001 2:36 PM Subject: [PHP] Replace ANYTHING between <TAG> </TAG> > I've been trying this one for a bit and Im in a twist. > > I need to replace ANYTHING or even nothing between two tags > with the contents of a variable and just havent been > able to get the expression right for all cases. > > > As an example concept follows: > > <TAG></TAG> > > Nothing between the tags variable is $varname="some junk" > > so after the function > <TAG>some junk</TAG> > > run it again after making variable $varname="some completly different junk" > > so now the tags would be > > <TAG>some completly different junk</TAG> > > and so on and so on..... > > One other breaker Ive had, it needs to always replace no matter whats > between the tags, whats not between the tags or even if its 1000s of > characters. My code kept breaking when it was alot of characters. > > Any funtions or even just the right regex would be appreciated > > Thanks > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >