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Alternative to e pattern modifier in PHP5.5


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I have this snippet which is giving a deprecated warning re the "e" pattern modifier in PHP5.5: -

$result = preg_replace("/\[^a-zA-Z0-9]/e"," ",$result);
I'm not even sure what the "e" modifier does, as it's not my code...maybe something to do with removing duplicates?

 

Anyway, what's the best way to replace this so that it doesn't give the warning in PHP5.5, and will work in PHP7.0.0?

 

I've got a feeling this might work :-

$result= preg_replace("/\[^a-zA-Z0-9]/"," ",$result);
but feel I might have over-simplified it, and it maybe doesn't quite do the same thing?

 

Any help much appreciated!

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Thanks for your reply Jacques1.

 

I did check the manual before posting, and it says to use preg_replace_callback() instead. But if, as you say, the modifier in my code does nothing anyway, is my suggestion (i.e. to simply remove it) not the best approach in this case?

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Just remove the modifer.

 

The replacement operation itself looks strange, but that's another story.

Thanks again. It's part of a URL building function...to replace any non-alphanumeric characters with spaces, which are in turn replaced with dashes or underscores in the next part...

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