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

Hi Dan, maybe something like: $newvariablethatwewantbetweenthetags = "Long variable!"; $string = preg_replace("/(<TAG>)(.*?)(<\/TAG>)/i", \\1$newvariablethatwewantbetweenthetags\\2, $string)); There should be a " after and before the second part of that statement, but my email proggy strips them. James "Dan Krumlauf" <Boz@musheen.com> wrote in message news:3B5BA9D9.F4680C0E@musheen.com... > 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