Tag automatically closing

[Solarpitch]

Hi Guys,

 

I have the following

 

$pattern = '<tr class="newsitem">';

 

when I echo this out it produces

 

<tr class="newsitem">  </tr>

 

Why is it automatically closing the tag? I dont want this becuase i'm using preg_replace and the tag is closed elsewhere already on the page.

[betterphp]

I doubt that is actually happening, it's probably somethign much simpler. can you post the full code.

[Solarpitch]

Actually,

 

I think its to do with the preg_replace on my last post.

 

$code = preg_replace('#<!--STRIP-->(.*)<!--STRIP-->#s', '', $post);

 

Whats happening with this is, It takes the last <!--STRIP--> on the page, and removes everything from that to the last <!--ENDSTRIP-->

 

so if I have

 

<!--STRIP-->   // Will strip from here
html code...
<!--ENDSTRIP-->

html code...
<div>This is outside, but will get removed when it shouldnt</div>

<!--STRIP-->
html code...
some html code
<!--ENDSTRIP-->

<!--STRIP-->
html code...
for this example
<!--ENDSTRIP--> // To here

 

Is there a way round this?

[betterphp]

you can make it ungreedy, which will make it match the shortest possible string.

 

$code = preg_replace('#<!--STRIP-->(.*)<!--STRIP-->#Us', '', $post);

[Solarpitch]

Thanks again. That done the job.