Re: [PHP] strings

* Thus wrote Anthony Ritter (tony@gonefishingguideservice.com):
> Curt Zirzow wrote in message:
>
> > This exact thing was talked about earlier today, with the subject
> > 'Using eregi_replace()'.
> ........................
>
> Right.
>
> However, I've tried using the following code in which the text from the URL
> is printed out completely and then I change the variable from $contents to
> $text and using the line with preg_replace(), it still outputs the complete
> text without the pattern match.

hm.. I sort of misunderstood, preg_replace isn't what you need. use
preg_match instead.

I did some testing you can see the code and results here:
http://zirzow.dyndns.org/html/php/te.../parse_doc.php

> $newtext= preg_replace("!.*?(REGIONAL.*YORK).*!","$1",$text) ;
btw, there these should be single quotes ~~~~~~~~~~^ ^

or "\$1" so php doesn't expand the variable (even though its an
illagal php var name.)


HTH,

Curt
--
"I used to think I was indecisive, but now I'm not so sure."

Curt Zirzow writes:
> I did some testing you can see the code and results here:
> http://zirzow.dyndns.org/html/php/te.../parse_doc.php
...................

Thanks Curt.

I checked it out and I still pick up the following lines which I was looking
to delete on the pattern match.

They are:
..............
Expires:No;;725283 //line 1
AWUS41 KALY 012014 //line 2
RWSALB // line 3
..................

It could be that when the URL file is being opened and read that these
characters are on _three_ different_ lines as opposed to one line/string and
the match is not being met.

I was looking to delete those lines and to start the match at REGIONAL.

Best...
TR