[SOLVED] preg_match function error

[dsaba]

I get this error:

Warning: preg_match() expects parameter 1 to be string, array

 

i'm using the preg_match function like this:

preg_match($hepattern, $word);

 

here's the $hepattern array:

$hepattern[] = "ק";

$hepattern[] = "ר";

$hepattern[] = "א";

$hepattern[] = "ט";

$hepattern[] = "ו";

$hepattern[] = "ן";

$hepattern[] = "ם";

$hepattern[] = "פ";

$hepattern[] = "ש";

$hepattern[] = "ד";

$hepattern[] = "ג";

$hepattern[] = "כ";

$hepattern[] = "ע";

$hepattern[] = "י";

$hepattern[] = "ח";

$hepattern[] = "ל";

$hepattern[] = "ך";

$hepattern[] = "ף";

$hepattern[] = "ז";

$hepattern[] = "ס";

$hepattern[] = "ב";

$hepattern[] = "ה";

$hepattern[] = "נ";

$hepattern[] = "מ";

$hepattern[] = "צ";

$hepattern[] = "ת";

$hepattern[] = "ץ";

 

 

What am I doing wrong? -thanks

[dsaba]

here is the full script if you need it

<?php

//-------REVERSE UTF8 STRING FUNCTION------------------
function utf8_strrev($str){
   preg_match_all('/./us', $str, $ar);
   return join('',array_reverse($ar[0]));
} 
//------END REVERSE UTF8 STRING FUNCTION---------------


//-------------------------------------IMAGE_READY FUNCTION-------------------------------------------------------------
function image_ready($string)							{
//hebrew character pattern
$hepattern[] = "ק";
$hepattern[] = "ר";
$hepattern[] = "א";
$hepattern[] = "ט";
$hepattern[] = "ו";
$hepattern[] = "ן";
$hepattern[] = "ם";
$hepattern[] = "פ";
$hepattern[] = "ש";
$hepattern[] = "ד";
$hepattern[] = "ג";
$hepattern[] = "כ";
$hepattern[] = "ע";
$hepattern[] = "י";
$hepattern[] = "ח";
$hepattern[] = "ל";
$hepattern[] = "ך";
$hepattern[] = "ף";
$hepattern[] = "ז";
$hepattern[] = "ס";
$hepattern[] = "ב";
$hepattern[] = "ה";
$hepattern[] = "נ";
$hepattern[] = "מ";
$hepattern[] = "צ";
$hepattern[] = "ת";
$hepattern[] = "ץ";

//$stringarray = preg_split("/[\s,]+/", $string);
$stringarray = explode(" ", $string);

foreach ($stringarray as $key => $value) 		{
$word = $value;
if ((preg_match($hepattern, $word)) == TRUE) {
$newarray[] = utf8_strrev($word);
}
else {
$newarray[] = $word;
}
						//end foreach statement
											}

$imagestring = implode(" ", $newarray);
									   //end function
													}
//----------------------------------------END IMAGE_READY FUNCTION-----------------------------------------------------------		

$string = "this is english, חדשים קבצים";
image_ready($string);


?>

[DeathStar]

Read up on http://www.php.net/preg_match .

[dsaba]

Read up on http://www.php.net/preg_match .

 

I went there first, that's how I made up function syntax in the first place

 

could you answer my question if there is somethign wrong with the way I used it in the code i posted above?

[rcorlew]

You need an output string even if you don't use it. Here is the code for you to use:

 

<?php
//-------REVERSE UTF8 STRING FUNCTION------------------
function utf8_strrev($str){
   preg_match_all('/./us', $str, $ar);
   return join('',array_reverse($ar[0]));
} 
//------END REVERSE UTF8 STRING FUNCTION---------------


//-------------------------------------IMAGE_READY FUNCTION-------------------------------------------------------------
function image_ready($string)							{
//hebrew character pattern
$hepattern[] = "&#1511;";
$hepattern[] = "&#1512;";
$hepattern[] = "&#1488;";
$hepattern[] = "&#1496;";
$hepattern[] = "&#1493;";
$hepattern[] = "&#1503;";
$hepattern[] = "&#1501;";
$hepattern[] = "&#1508;";
$hepattern[] = "&#1513;";
$hepattern[] = "&#1491;";
$hepattern[] = "&#1490;";
$hepattern[] = "&#1499;";
$hepattern[] = "&#1506;";
$hepattern[] = "&#1497;";
$hepattern[] = "&#1495;";
$hepattern[] = "&#1500;";
$hepattern[] = "&#1498;";
$hepattern[] = "&#1507;";
$hepattern[] = "&#1494;";
$hepattern[] = "&#1505;";
$hepattern[] = "&#1489;";
$hepattern[] = "&#1492;";
$hepattern[] = "&#1504;";
$hepattern[] = "&#1502;";
$hepattern[] = "&#1510;";
$hepattern[] = "&#1514;";
$hepattern[] = "&#1509;";

//$stringarray = preg_split("/[\s,]+/", $string);
$stringarray = explode(" ", $string);

foreach ($stringarray as $key => $value) 		{
$word = $value;
//new stuff below
if ((preg_match($hepattern, $useless, $word)) == TRUE) {  // new -- added output string $useless

$newarray[] = utf8_strrev($word); //nothing new
}
//all old stuff below
else {
$newarray[] = $word;
}
						//end foreach statement
											}

$imagestring = implode(" ", $newarray);
									   //end function
													}
//----------------------------------------END IMAGE_READY FUNCTION-----------------------------------------------------------		

$string = "this is english, &#1495;&#1491;&#1513;&#1497;&#1501; &#1511;&#1489;&#1510;&#1497;&#1501;";
image_ready($string);


?>

[dsaba]

thanks for the reply arrow! i've been working on this all day, i did find another method to do it, but I will also try this out