<!-- DESC --> ..some words and <!-- /DESC -->
<!-- DESC -->Welcome, this is a test <!-- /DESC -->
PHP preg_replace .*?
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Hey everyone. I would like to know how to use preg_replace to make it return anything in between . Like for example I have a document and it contains I want my function to return Welcome, this is a test. How would I do this? Thanks in advance.
If you're looking for matches preg_replace isnt the right function for the job. preg_match() or preg_match_all() is better.
Alright. I'll show you with single strings since that's the simplest. It's not hard to extend it to using arrays for the search string and the replace string.
// I assume you're getting your string from a file. It doesnt really matter$f = fopen('your_file', 'r');$text = fread($f, filesize('your_file'));// What this does is searches for the entire block for your DESC tag// The inside of the block is put in parentheses so that I can backreference// it in the replacement. The $1 is the reference to everything in the parentheses$new_text = preg_replace('/<!-- DESC -->(.*)<!-- \/DESC -->/', '$1', $text);This topic is closed to new replies.
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