replacing %tags% in a word document

[jake2891]

Hi, im trying to replace tags in a word document using a php script i wrote.

 

for example ill have the tags like this %tag_to_replace% the problem is that when ever i upload the document and view the xml source the tag has been split up into 4-5 different lines depending on the length of the tag. So when i come to search for the tag in my php and replace it, it cant match it up because the tag looks something like this.

%

some xml tags

tag_

some xml tags

to

some xml tags etc..

 

I know word sees this tag as an error and puts most of the tags between error tags so ive done some formatting of my own using php to try fix this as best as possible but i cant accomidate for all the different types of situations every document seems to be different.

 

has anyone ever had to deal with this and knows a way around this or does anyone know of a script available to fix this?

 

thanks

[Hybride]

Have you tried using preg_match? PHP's page on preg_match.

[jake2891]

yeah i have been using preg_match and preg_replace. I was looking into COM yesterday aswell but seems like that requires windows version of php. As then i could of replaced the tags using the word engine itsself.