RE: [PHP] another REGEX question

At 5:19 PM -0400 8/2/01, Jack Dempsey wrote:

Try $str = preg_replace("<p.*?>", " ",$str); jack

Or $str = eregi_replace('<p[^>]*>', ' ', $str); This matches <p (or <P), followed by any character string that DOESN'T include a >, then the trailing >. Preg functions are faster, though. And, if you're interested in little speed tweaks, use single quotes - ' - rather than double quotes - " - here. With double quotes, PHP searches the quoted string for variables or escape characters to replace. -steve

-----Original Message----- From: Julian Simpson [mailto:frithj@home.com] Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 5:16 PM To: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: [PHP] another REGEX question I have a string can look like either of the following: <p>some stuff</p> <p align = "left">some stuff</p> I want to use eregi_replace to take out the first p tag whether it be <p> or <p align......> with a space I assumed that $str = eregi_replace ("<p.*>", " ",$str); but it matches the entire string and thus turns the whole string into one space. aparently regex will match the biggest possible match rather than the smallest my question is how do i get it to match the smallest. thanx in advance.. Julian

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