Re: preg_replace - regex for replace string

Hm, nevermind my question :) I'm not thinking straight, not enough sleep. On Wednesday 27 March 2002 02:53 pm, you wrote: > On Wed, 27 Mar 2002, James Taylor wrote: > > On Wednesday 27 March 2002 02:49 pm, you wrote: > >> 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); > > > > This is just an example. There are some cases where I need the second > > option to be a regular expression, the same way that you can do in Perl > > regex... > > Regular expressions are for matching. Can you provide an example that > illustrates what you're trying to do? > > miguel