Search String in another String using PHP

HI all,
I'm using $content = str_ireplace($search, $replace, $var3); to search and replace value in $var3.
My problem is i want to take out all the table attribute found in $var3.
For example

I only want to echo the link content without the table structure at all.

Is there any pattern to search all the table attribute and replace with null value?

I got a long string from database to remove the table structure, very appreciate your kind help. Thanks in advance.

Regards,myza.

re: Search String in another String using PHP

this seems like a job for regular expressions. see preg_match_all() (and related functions)

regards

tutorial on regular expressions: www.regular-expressions.info

re: Search String in another String using PHP

Hey, Nurmaiza.

I've added [code] tags to your post to format the code you posted. Please do make a note to do this when you're posting code.

Thanks.

re: Search String in another String using PHP

Hi,

Regular expressions are probably the best way to go with this but here's an alternative using some of the many string manipulation functions built into PHP:

I hope that helps
nathj

re: Search String in another String using PHP

Hi,
Thank you nathj, I've tried the code and resulting content with link to display. Now the content display partially. I got long string, my intention is to remove the table structure, only echo the wording as well as the link. Someone will post the content everyday, and this program will remove its table format and style.

Really need your advise. Thanks in advance for your time and kind help.

p/s: Noted Markus.
Regards, myza.

re: Search String in another String using PHP

Ok, you need to get the full <a> tag not just the text in the middle. This shouldn't be too difficult you just need to play around with the value of the start position.

Try experimenting with that value, adjusting it and seeing what comes out using the code snippet I originally posted. It's also worth reading up on the string manipulation functions within php.

Have a play and honestly it will come right you just need to mess around with the code sample a bit. By doing this you will also gain a better understanding of how these functions work and what they are doing which means you will be able to use them more effectively in the future and be able to maintain this code more efficiently.

Cheers
nathj

re: Search String in another String using PHP

I tried to play around...its already 3 days trying the same things.I know its easy but I found table structure/attribute is hard to remove.

re: Search String in another String using PHP

The original code is getting out the full link. However, when you echo that variable it prints it as a link. So the code I gave you does what you need, I think. What you do with the variable after that is another matter. The variable itself will contain the full <a> tag for you.

Run the code and view the source to check it out.

Cheers
nathj

PS Sorry about the earlier confusion - I was pretty tired when I replied and not really thinking straight