note 115520 added to function.preg-replace

If you want to limit multiple occurences of any char in a sequence you might want to use this function. <?php function limit_char_repeat($string,$maxrepeat){ return preg_replace("/(.)\\1{".$maxrepeat.",}/ms",str_repeat('\1',$maxrepeat),$string); } ?> Example: <?php $string=" --------------------- Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeello Woooooooooooooooorld!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! =============================================================================================================== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ ~ ~ "; echo limit_char_repeat($string,5); ?> Output: ----- Heeeeello Wooooorld!!!!! ===== ~~~~~ ~ ~ ~ ---- Server IP: 72.52.91.14 Probable Submitter: 195.243.98.54 ---- Manual Page -- http://php.net/manual/en/function.preg-replace.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/115520 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/115520/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/115520/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/115520/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/115520/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/115520/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/115520/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/115520 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/115520 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php