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@NogDogApr 23.2009 — #Are you saying you just want to randomly choose one of the words in each bracketed expression, or something else? @NogDogApr 23.2009 — #I suppose you could do something with preg_replace_callback(), though the specifics would depend on how you want to actually choose which word.
regular expression question
Hi,
Suppose I have the variable below.
$description = “{This|That|There} blah blah {Him|Her|It}”;
How could I use regular expression to use only 1 of the words within each bracket.
Thanks
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@NogDogApr 23.2009 — #I suppose you could do something with preg_replace_callback(), though the specifics would depend on how you want to actually choose which word.[code=php]
<?php
$description = "{This|That|There} blah blah {Him|Her|It}";
function chooseWord($matches)
{
$words = explode('|', trim($matches[0], '{}'));
return $words[array_rand($words)];
}
$new = preg_replace_callback('/{[^}]+}/', 'chooseWord', $description);
echo $new;
[/code]