preg_replace() is a PHP function that performs string replacement using regular expressions.
preg_replace() is a function member of Perl Compatible Regular Expressions implementation of php.
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Questions tagged [preg-replace]
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How to add a character to the front of all numbers seperated by whitespace in a string using php
I have a string filled with numbers and i'm trying to add a character to the front of every number series:
$dna = "273385 14093 1522520 1759 277697 283096 1133193 191835 246752 204984 973590"
but I want to end up with:
$dna = "m#273385 m#14093…
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preg_replace for "phpbb" quote and color tag from string
I have a string like below and I want to parse the quote tag tag to
"Contentand want to replace the color tag with an empty string. Input: [quote="De real one ROOFVISSER":g3o3w038][color=green:g3o3w038]Thnxxx voor…
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JHtml-"email.cloak" doesn't recognize email address when using preg_replace() in joomla
I try to substitute an email-address within a text in a module with php using JHtml::_("email.cloak", "some@email.com"), in order to cloak it on a joomla 3.9.2 webpage.
using following sample code:
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PHP Using preg_replace_callback shortcodes function returns wrong elements order
I'm defining a function which can handle shortcodes for users wisiwyg made posts.
Using a function based on preg_replace_callback works great, but the returned replaced values prints before the initial string
This is the handler function
function…
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php preg_replace help iframe src
I have created a function which will set height, width and wmode=transparent for youtube embed codes. Now youtube is returning iframe code. So, I need to append "?wmode=transparent" at the end of youtube src.
For eg.
Original code :
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linux c/c++ preg_replace type of function?
I'm trying to figure out an preg_replace() (php) style function that I can use in c++ (linux).
Can someone help me translate this?
$str = preg_replace(array('/\s+/','/[^A-Za-z0-9\-]/'),array('-',''),$str);
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Preg_replace not working properly for $(dollar) symbol in php
In Php Preg_replace When we have using $ then it remove the int near by
example $pattern = '/\*\|Coupon\|\*/i';
$coupon = '$15t';
$string = 'test coupon *|Coupon|*';
echo preg_replace($pattern, $coupon, $string);
Then the output is 't' but expected…
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Replace html content without replacing the tags or attributes - PHP
How can i replace content inside or outside HTML dom without replacing the HTML tags or attributes?
e.g
$txt='good
good
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$search='good';
$pattern = '#(?!<.*?)(\b'.$search.'\b)(?![^<>]*?>)#si';
$replacement =…
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php preg_replace comment blocks
the patern is like so
/* comment [comment goes here] */
/* comment please do not delete the lines below */
[I am a special line so I should not be changed ]
/* comment please do not delete the line above */
I would like to remove the comment…
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PHP Regex Replace Subject while keeping case
I am using preg_replace to swap U.S. words with their British variants in HTML.
function makeUK(&$str){
$delta = [
'authorize' => 'authorise',
'center' => 'centre',
'theater' => 'theatre',
'capitalize' =>…
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How to keep digit and special character in preg_replace
I want to replace {goal} braces with a price such as $45. for example
$pattern = /\{goal\}/
$replacement = $45.00
$subject = Final price is {goal}
so the function looks like
preg_replace('/\\{goal\\}/', '$45.00', 'Free shipping for all orders…
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Regular Expression for urls for images and links
EDIT: I'm not parsing html like the 5 billion other questions that have been posted. This is raw unformatted text that I want to convert into some HTML.
I'm working on a post processing. I need to convert Urls with image endings (jpe?g|png|gif) into…
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Formatting decimal output when multiplying all numerical values in a string?
I have this case where I have to multiply the numbers of a string but some of the values are in EUR and some are percentage. I made it this far as code goes:
$string = "description: test1: 10 €, test2: 7.50 €, test3: 25%, test4: 30%";
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escape $0, $1, .. with preg_replace
I have something similar to this:
I want the final value of $text to be 'test $0 ipsum'. Problem is $0 is interpreted as a…
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how to remove the comment line starts with // and not the url like http:// using preg_replace
I need to remove the comment lines from my code.
preg_replace('!//(.*)!', '', $test);
It works fine. But it removes the website url also and left the url like http:
So to avoid this I put the same like preg_replace('![^:]//(.*)!', '', $test);
It's…
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