Tricky Regex, challange the impossible

[frizi]

Hi!

 

I would like to ask if someone could help me out with the issue which I'm confronting with.

 

My goal is to cut the whole tag that might contain the ending tag that of the root tag. For example:

 

<p id="test" class="932">

line1 <b> test of B</b>

<p> ignore this paragraph</p>

some text</p>

 

// and don't finish at "this paragraph</p>"

 

<ul id="test" class="932"><li>line1</li>

<li><ul id="test2" class="done"><li> subline 1</li>

<li> subline 2 </li>

</ul>

<li> line2</li>

</ul>

 

// and don't finish at "e 2 </li></ul>"

 

if there is a way how to solve this, please let me know. There could be different tags with different attributes. Important is to cut out the root tag. I'm stuck in that problem and I would need a advice.

 

Thank you!

[salathe]

It is certainly not impossible, though if you are struggling now then perhaps it best to offer up an alternative or two instead of what will inevitably be a confusing regex solution.

 

Personally, if at all convenient, I would use the DOM extension to completely bypass the issue you're having.  You could simply target the element with the id of test and magically have the entire thing very easily.

 

If you still want someone to rise to the 'challange' then of course, I'm sure some kind fellow will be along to accommodate such a request.

[frizi]

I was thinking in similar way. I think it would be better to make a function that is checking if the first selected tag contains the root tag and if yes, take the second, or as many such tags are enclosed, closing tag.

I was also thinking to use simplexml functions to work with those tags.

 

Anyway, thanks for your help!