help with correction

[newbtophp]

Hi,

 

I need help, Im trying to try and correct a file which contains ';' before echos, however I can't simply just use str_replace, so perhaps manipulate token_get_all or regex?

 

Heres the code (input):

 

<?php

require('tops.php');
;echo '<center><br><br>
';

if ($step == '2') {
;echo 'step is two';

}

?>

 

I would like the output to become:

 

<?php

require('tops.php');
echo '<center><br><br>
';

if ($step == '2') {
echo 'step is two';

}

?>

 

 

PS: I know this may be unreliable, or may not even work in some cases, but was curious as to how it could be done even if it results in this.

[jskywalker]

Why do you want to do that with PHP

 

You can use any text editor, and replace ";echo" with "echo"

[teamatomic]

str_replace(";echo","echo",$string);

 

 

HTH

Teamatomic

[MadTechie]

If its limited to ;echo then the above two post are correct however here's some other options to cover a wider range

 

quick and dirty fix

//replace all ; at the start of a line with nothing
$text= preg_replace('/^;/m', '', $text);

 

or

 

//replace all ; that follow a ; or {
$text= preg_replace('/([{;]\s*);/m', '\1', $text);

 

both should work!

[newbtophp]

Thanks teamatomic and MadTechie!

 

Both worked perfectly!