Replacing e-mail, style

[AndyPSV]

//$x = ereg_replace('[-a-z0-9!#$%&\'*+/=?^_`{|}~]+@([.]?[a-zA-Z0-9_/-])*','<a href=\'mailto:\\0\' '.$style.'>\\0</a>',$x);

For true, how (to update the code)

 

 

[requinix]

What?

[AndyPSV]

I've got a code that searches TEXT in search of e-mail addresses, i.e. "[email protected]" etc. and replaces it, with the phrase I want (<a href='mailto: X' with some style=''></a>)

 

How to turn it into preg_replace()

 

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[requinix]

Most of the time, the regex you're using is compatible with PCRE functions... as long as you wrap it with delimiters. Pick a character that you aren't using in the regex, often / or # or ~, or pick one you are using an escape it wherever you do, and put it at the beginning and end of the expression.

'/[-a-z0-9!#$%&\'*+\/=?^_`{|}~]+@([.]?[a-zA-Z0-9_\/-])*/' // escaped the two /s

If you want case-insensitive expressions, like with eregi() and eregi_replace(), then use the i flag. It goes after the last delimiter.

'/[-a-z0-9!#$%&\'*+\/=?^_`{|}~]+@([.]?[a-zA-Z0-9_\/-])*/i'

[.josh]

these types of questions come up so often, maybe we should make a sticky explaining it..oh wait...