RE: [PHP] Need regular match help - possibly

for the first case - using "\n", try : ereg_replace('\n+', '\n\n\n', $str) for the second case - using "<br>", try : eregi_replace('(<br>)+', '<br>', $str); Martin -----Original Message----- From: Gaylen Fraley [mailto:gfraley5@earthlink.net] Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2001 2:56 PM To: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: [PHP] Need regular match help - possibly I need a routine that will allow me to trap multiple <br> and/or line feed characters and convert them to a constant number. As an example, let's say that you have text that has 10 carriage returns and/or line feeds. I want to limit this to 3. So, I need to be able to parse the line to detect the multiple control characters and convert the string to 3. So if the string looked something like: This is \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n a test. I would want it converted to This is \n\n\n a test. Conceivably, it could be This is <br><br><br><br><br> a test. I would want it converted to This is <br><br><br> a test. I know I could write a do/while loop, but I was wondering if there is a way using eregi_replace or something along that line? 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