preg_replace driving me nuts!

I've got code to blindly remove '<.*?>' from email messages. It works if I
dump the message to a file and then read it in. If I just work on the block
of text directly it doesn't work. Anyone experienced this before? It's
nerve wracking!

Greg B.

On 2004-01-28, Greg Brondo <greg@brondo.com> wrote:
> I've got code to blindly remove '<.*?>' from email messages. It works if I
> dump the message to a file and then read it in. If I just work on the block
> of text directly it doesn't work. Anyone experienced this before? It's
> nerve wracking!

Provide us with the lines in your code where you have the pattern
matching, so we can have a look at it.

--
http://home.mysth.be/~timvw

On 2004-01-28, Greg Brondo <greg@brondo.com> wrote:
> I've got code to blindly remove '<.*?>' from email messages. It works if I
> dump the message to a file and then read it in. If I just work on the block
> of text directly it doesn't work. Anyone experienced this before? It's
> nerve wracking!

If you use output buffering, you could run tidy on the contents of the
page, and then output the lot.

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http://home.mysth.be/~timvw

function get_stripped_block () {

return preg_replace ("/<.*?>/", '', $this->get_block());

}


function get_block () {

$block = $this->from . "\n" . $this->subject . "\n" . $this->body;

return $block;

}



That's the two functions. What happens is it completey removes a block of
the text instead of replacing '<.*?>' with "". If I write the test to a
file and then read it back in and run the function above, it works
correctly. Could it be a end-of-line conversion that is triggering it?
Also, the functions work with other blocks of text and fails on others....
It's very odd.



Thanks!

Greg B.

"Tim Van Wassenhove" <euki@pi.be> wrote in message
news:bv9na1$pntv1$2@ID-188825.news.uni-berlin.de...
> On 2004-01-28, Greg Brondo <greg@brondo.com> wrote:
> > I've got code to blindly remove '<.*?>' from email messages. It works
if I
> > dump the message to a file and then read it in. If I just work on the
block
> > of text directly it doesn't work. Anyone experienced this before? It's
> > nerve wracking!
>
> Provide us with the lines in your code where you have the pattern
> matching, so we can have a look at it.
>
> --
> http://home.mysth.be/~timvw

Greg Brondo wrote:
> I've got code to blindly remove '<.*?>' from email messages. It works if I
> dump the message to a file and then read it in. If I just work on the block
> of text directly it doesn't work. Anyone experienced this before? It's
> nerve wracking!
>
> Greg B.
>
>

try changing your preg_replace pattern to

/<.*?>/s

I was having troubles with pregs, in my case the other way around, from
a file untill I added the s pattern modifier, not sure if this will
solve your problem, it's just a guess as I was having a very simaler one.

~Cameron

Argh!!! I cannot believe I missed that! Thanks much!

Greg B.


"Cameron" <foo@bar.invalid> wrote in message
news:bve0eq$jdl$1@newsg3.svr.pol.co.uk...
> Greg Brondo wrote:
> > I've got code to blindly remove '<.*?>' from email messages. It works
if I
> > dump the message to a file and then read it in. If I just work on the
block
> > of text directly it doesn't work. Anyone experienced this before? It's
> > nerve wracking!
> >
> > Greg B.
> >
> >
>
> try changing your preg_replace pattern to
>
> /<.*?>/s
>
> I was having troubles with pregs, in my case the other way around, from
> a file untill I added the s pattern modifier, not sure if this will
> solve your problem, it's just a guess as I was having a very simaler one.
>
> ~Cameron

Greg Brondo wrote:
> Argh!!! I cannot believe I missed that! Thanks much!
>
> Greg B.
>
>
> "Cameron" <foo@bar.invalid> wrote in message
> news:bve0eq$jdl$1@newsg3.svr.pol.co.uk...
>
>>Greg Brondo wrote:
>>
>>>I've got code to blindly remove '<.*?>' from email messages. It works
>
> if I
>
>>>dump the message to a file and then read it in. If I just work on the
>
> block
>
>>>of text directly it doesn't work. Anyone experienced this before? It's
>>>nerve wracking!
>>>
>>>Greg B.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>try changing your preg_replace pattern to
>>
>>/<.*?>/s
>>
>>I was having troubles with pregs, in my case the other way around, from
>>a file untill I added the s pattern modifier, not sure if this will
>>solve your problem, it's just a guess as I was having a very simaler one.
>>
>>~Cameron
>
>
>

*Grins* no problem, I know how regex's can be a PITA, oh and just a
little nit pick now I have been nice, if you could bottom post we would
appriciate it ;)

~Cameron