[SOLVED] Help formatting a preg_replace function.

[dmarquard]

I'm not sure how to do this, but my goal is to replace:

 

test_param = "[insert wildcard character here]"

 

...with:

 

test_param = "id-12345"

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[sasa]

<?php
$a = 'rgr sasasaa test_param = "[insert wildcard character here] blah xxx"';
$b = 'test_param = "id-12345"';
echo preg_replace('/test_param = "\[.*?\]/', $b, $a);
?>

[dmarquard]

<?php
$a = 'rgr sasasaa test_param = "[insert wildcard character here] blah xxx"';
$b = 'test_param = "id-12345"';
echo preg_replace('/test_param = "\[.*?\]/', $b, $a);
?>

 

I think you may have taken my [insert wildcard character here] statement too seriously.  I'm looking to search for all instances of test_param = "*" with my replacement code.  I tried your above code, and it didn't work.

[thebadbad]

Try

 

<?php
$a = 'rgr sasasaa test_param = "[insert wildcard character here] blah xxx"';
$b = 'test_param = "id-12345"';
echo preg_replace('/test_param = ".*?"/', $b, $a);
?>

[dmarquard]

Try

 

<?php
$a = 'rgr sasasaa test_param = "[insert wildcard character here] blah xxx"';
$b = 'test_param = "id-12345"';
echo preg_replace('/test_param = ".*?"/', $b, $a);
?>

 

No luck, still.  :-\

[dmarquard]

Actually, I did get it working with that.  It was a mistake in my code.  Thanks for the help!