say i have the following script:
<?
$test = "aaaaa";
print '"' . preg_replace('/.*/','x',$test) . '"<br>';
$test = "\n\n\n\n\n";
print '"' . preg_replace('/.*/','x',$test) . '"';
?>
the output i would expect is as follows:
"x"<br>"x"
the output i actually get follows:
"xx"<br>"x
x
x
x
x
x"
so why the difference? why do i get two x's instead of one x for the
first preg_replace, and why does the preg_replace for the new line
characters not give me the same thing as the first preg_replace? 1 2224
yawnmoth wrote: say i have the following script:
<? $test = "aaaaa"; print '"' . preg_replace('/.*/','x',$test) . '"<br>';
Somehow preg_replace breaks "aaaaa" into "aaaaa" and "" (the empty
string). I checked with
$n = preg_match_all('/.*/', $test, $matches);
echo $n, ' matches: '; print_r($matches);
I couldn't find a modifier to stop that behaviour, but maybe you can
change your preg_replace to
preg_replace('/.+/', 'x', $test)
matching 1 or more characters instead of 0 or more.
$test = "\n\n\n\n\n"; print '"' . preg_replace('/.*/','x',$test) . '"';
The regular expression "." does not match "\n" unless you say so with
the "/s" modifier
preg_replace('/.*/s', 'x', $test)
Like this (with "*") it will match twice: for "\n\n\n\n\n" and ""
Maybe you'd like to change the "*" to a "+" here too.
?>
the output i would expect is as follows:
"x"<br>"x"
the output i actually get follows:
"xx"<br>"x x x x x x"
so why the difference? why do i get two x's instead of one x for the first preg_replace, and why does the preg_replace for the new line characters not give me the same thing as the first preg_replace?
See above :)
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