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@NogDogApr 27.2006 — #I'm more familiar with the Perl Regexp functions, and would possibly do it as (untested):
@NogDogApr 27.2006 — #
I was assuming you would use your CSS stylesheet to style the PRE block. You'd probably want to assign a class to it for that purpose, e.g.: <pre class='code'>.
The U makes the search "Ungreedy". Without it, if you had this for your text...
...then without the Ungreedy modifier the search would match once on [b]is a test.[/code] it is
php regular expression
hey guys, I’m new to php regular expressions. I’m working on a forum which will allow the user to type in code (like this site) in between tags and the code will be highlighted. I want to use regular expressions to replace just the text in between the
[code]
tags. I’m having trouble with the pattern, here’s what I’ve got so far:
$inside=eregi(‘([][]
I’m able to pull all letters and numbers, but I’m not able to pull characters, and if there are tabs, spaces, or returns, then it won’t pick it up either. Is there a way to just get everything in between the
[code]
tags? Thanks!
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@NogDogApr 27.2006 — #I'm more familiar with the Perl Regexp functions, and would possibly do it as (untested):[code=php]
preg_replace('/)(.*)/Ui', "<pre>$1</pre>", $codetochange);
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@NogDogApr 27.2006 — #That will keep the format but it will not hilite the code. You will have to run the variable $1 through another function to do that.[/quote]
I was assuming you would use your CSS stylesheet to style the PRE block. You'd probably want to assign a class to it for that purpose, e.g.: <pre class='code'>.
[B]aside:[/B] NogDog, what does the switch /U do in the regex? I have seen you use it before but have never been able to find it in documentation.[/QUOTE]
The U makes the search "Ungreedy". Without it, if you had this for your text...
<i>
</i>This [ code]is a test.[ /code] it is [ code]only a test[ /code].
...then without the Ungreedy modifier the search would match once on [b]is a test.[/code] it is
[code]only a test[/b] instead of twice on the text within each set of tags.
See http://www.php.net/manual/en/reference.pcre.pattern.modifiers.php for all the available modifiers.