Re: preg_replace - regex for replace string
| From: | Miguel Cruz | Date: | Wed, 27 Mar 2002 22:49:42 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: preg_replace - regex for replace string | ||
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On Wed, 27 Mar 2002, James Taylor wrote:
> I'm trying to do something to the effect of this for a preg_replace statement:
>
> $string = "Hello\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHow are you?\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHi";
> $string = preg_replace("/\n\n/", "/\n/", $string);
>
>
> But, it appears the 'replace' portion of the function doesn't allow for
> regex. How can I do this so that I CAN have the second statement be regex?
I think you just have your syntax messed up. You don't need delimiters
around the second argument.
$string = preg_replace("/\n\n/", "\n", $string);
miguel