Str_replace not working?

[blu3t00th]

Ok so I have a template system

 

Here is the a part of the template class

 

function assign_block_vars($blockname, $tags = array()){
	if(isset($this->blocks[$blockname])){
		$blockCode = $this->blocks[$blockname];
	}else{
		$blockCode = $this->get_block($blockname);
	}

	foreach ($tags as $tag => $data) {
		$blockCode = str_replace ("{".$blockname.".".$tag."}", $data, $blockCode);
	}

	$this->template = str_replace ('<!-- END '.$blockname.' -->', $blockCode.'<!-- END '.$blockname.' -->', $this->template);
}

function get_block($block){
	preg_match ('#<!-- START '. $block . ' -->(.*?)<!-- END '. $block . ' -->#s', $this->template, $this->return);
	$this->blocks[$block] = $this->return[1];
	$this->template = str_replace($this->return[1], '', $this->template);
	return $this->blocks[$block];
}

function Output(){
	return($this->template);
}

 

Here is a sample from a template file

 

				<div class="menu">
					<ul>
						<!-- START Menu -->
						<li><a href="{Menu.Linkto}">{Menu.Link}</a></li>
						<!-- END Menu -->
					</ul>
				</div>

 

Here is a sample from the page were it all happens

 

$Menu = array( 0 => array("Home", //Looping Data [Main Mavigation Tabs]
                          ROOT_PATH . "index.php",),
          	   1 => array("Register",
                      	  ROOT_PATH . "broken.php",),
               2 => array("Forums",
                      	  ROOT_PATH . "broken.php",),
               3 => array("Tutorials",
                      	  ROOT_PATH . "broken.php",),
               4 => array("Affiliates",
                      	  ROOT_PATH . "broken.php",),  	  
               5 => array("About",
                      	  ROOT_PATH . "broken.php",),                      	  
               6 => array("Contact",
                      	  ROOT_PATH . "broken.php",));

while(list($key, $value) = each($Menu)){ //Replaces results and loops
    $template->assign_block_vars("Menu", array("Link"   => $value[0],
                                               "Linkto" => $value[1]));                                                                                    
}

 

 

My problem is, When I try and replace <-- START xxxxxx --> LOOP <-- END xxxxxx --> It replaces fine, But it doesnt remove the html comment like it should, Any reason why it might not be doing that?

 

I have it a feeling it might have something to do with my replacing part

 

$this->template = str_replace ('<!-- END '.$blockname.' -->', $blockCode.'<!-- END '.$blockname.' -->', $this->template); 

 

Everything works fine, I just want the html comments removed thats all, and it dont not seem to be doing that

 

 

If you want more of the class let me know

 

Thanks

[blu3t00th]

Any help?

[blu3t00th]

Up?

[BlueSkyIS]

are you trying to do this?

 

$this->template = str_replace ('<!-- END '.$blockname.' -->', $blockCode, $this->template);

[blu3t00th]

Nothing seems to work :/

 

 

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Idea

 

$this->template = str_replace ('<!-- END '.$blockname.' -->', $blockCode, $this->template); 
$this->template = str_replace ('<!-- START '.$blockname.' -->', $blockCode, $this->template); 

 

Does not loop, and displays double of the first entry in the array (The "Home" link)

 

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Idea

 

$this->template = str_replace ('<!-- END '.$blockname.' -->', $blockCode.'<!-- END '.$blockname.' -->', $this->template);
$this->template = str_replace ('<!-- END '.$blockname.' -->', '', $this->template);
$this->template = str_replace ('<!-- START '.$blockname.' -->', '', $this->template); 

 

Once again does not loop and only displays the first entry in the array (The "Home" link)

 

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The part about using

 

<!-- START xxxxxx -->

<!-- END xxxxxx -->

 

Is to show were the template class should loop

 

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This function finds and replacing the variables inside the loop

        foreach ($tags as $tag => $data) {
            $blockCode = str_replace ("{".$blockname.".".$tag."}", $data, $blockCode);
        } 

 

This inserts the replaced viables

 

$this->template = str_replace ('<!-- END '.$blockname.' -->', $blockCode.'<!-- END '.$blockname.' -->', $this->template); 

 

The problem is if I get rid of the "<!-- START/END xxxxxx -->" in the above in any sort of way, it will just show the first entry because, for some reason it is removing the "<!-- START/END xxxxxx -->" before it runs the loop, therefore, not looping and only displaying the first entry in the array (because the comment is not there to signify were to do the loop)

 

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Hopefully Im Making sence here...