Can't preg_replace %3a%2f%2f with ://

[nicob]

I tried

 

"/\%3a\%2f\%2f/",

 

and

 

"/%3a%2f%2f/",

 

but no luck in preg_replace.

 

( I want to replace this in <a href="http%3a%2f%2fwww.hello.com"> )

 

Anyone?

[veridicus]

Any particular reason you're using a regex instead of urlencode?

[.josh]

any reason you can't do

 

echo urldecode($string);

 

?

[nicob]

I found the solution

"/%..%..%../"

I really don't understand why preg_replace can't work with %aa or %a1 ???

 

I've never heard of 'urlencode'. Sounds interesting. Thanks!

[.josh]

btw

 

$string = '<a href="http%3a%2f%2fwww.hello.com">';
$string = preg_replace("/%3a%2f%2f/", "://", $string);

 

works fine for me.

[nicob]

btw

 

$string = '<a href="http%3a%2f%2fwww.hello.com">';
$string = preg_replace("/%3a%2f%2f/", "://", $string);

 

works fine for me.

 

strange. I'm using this in a script with multiple replacements

$rep = preg_replace($listone, $listtwo, $val);

 

I'm using php v5.2.5