Why doesn't this match work?

[Perad]

Neither of these 2 work. Any idea why?

 

$input = preg_replace('/target="(.*?)"/', '', $input);
$input = preg_replace('/title="(.*?)"/', '', $input);

 

 

[cags]

Without you giving an example input and expected output there's nothing we can do to help.

[nrg_alpha]

@Perad

 

Posted in http://www.phpfreaks.com/forums/index.php/topic,176092.0.html:

 

1. Describe your problem or background that is important to it.

2. Give sample data (the input data, the haystack...etc..)

3. Give the expected output/matches from your sample data.

4. Give the actual output that you have if you've attempted something already.

5. Provide code if necessary, if your problem concerns it.

6. We assume its a php regex related as this is phpfreaks, but you still need to specifiy (if not obvious) if you are talking about POSIX (ereg) or PCRE (preg) flavor.

7. Be patient/grateful and don't demand things. Regex questions may take longer than expected to be answered, they're tougher sometimes.

[nafetski]

Try changing it to

 

$input = preg_replace('/target=".*?"/', '', $input);
$input = preg_replace('/title=".*?"/', '', $input);