RE: [PHP] another REGEX question

$str = eregi_replace('<p[^>]*>', ' ', $str); worked! thanx guys Julian >At 5:19 PM -0400 8/2/01, Jack Dempsey wrote: >>Try >>$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 >> > > >-- >+------ Factoid: Of the 100 largest economies in the world, 51 are ------+ >| Steve Edberg University of California, Davis | >| sbedberg@ucdavis.edu Computer Consultant | >| http://aesric.ucdavis.edu/ 7��� >_]�@�� �http://pgfsun.ucdavis.edu/ | >+--- corporations ------ >http://www.ips-dc.org/reports/top200text.htm ---+ >