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How to replace text within variable string

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May 06.2009

Hi Guys.

Let’s say I have a string that is:

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<span style=”font-family:Arial; font-size=10px; color:black”>This is the text</span>
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And I want to strip out the “font-family:Arial;” part. In other words, remove any font formatting ONLY.

The problem is it could say “Helvetica” or it could say “Arial, sans-serif”, etc.

I know I could probably find the position of font-family and then the next semicolon, but is there a way using preg-replace or something that I could say: from “font-family” to any number of characters to a semicolon? I would need this to be done with the ENTIRE string of text inputted (I am using a YUI simpleeditor and want to strip out the font-formatting.)

My regular expression writing sux.

Much appreciated.

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@MindzaiMay 06.2009 — My regex isn't the best either, but this should get the job done:

/font-family.+?;/i

However inline styles in general are not nice, if possible I'd move them to a stylesheet. Never used the editor you are using though so I don't know how feasible that is.
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