[SOLVED] Removing sertan text

[ramli]

I want to replace the text between the quote]/quote] including the [] itself to [...]

 

So :

 

fdhskfsjkfhdsjkfhdskjlfhdskjfhldskjfhj

quote] hier een heel verhaal, altijd ierst anders aoiufhv;awoghaer;ogihja;goiherw /quote]

jasdhklasdkjh

 

Should be:

fdhskfsjkfhdsjkfhdskjlfhdskjfhldskjfhj

[...]

jasdhklasdkjh

 

Can anybody assist me with this problem ? thanks in advance

 

[MadTechie]

What about this

 

<?php
$string = 'Hello [test1] how are you [test2]';
$pattern[] = '/\[test1\]/';
$pattern[] = '/\[test2\]/';
$replacement[] = 'world';
$replacement[] = 'today';
echo preg_replace($pattern, $replacement, $string);

?> 

[MadTechie]

oops mis read

 

try

 

<?php
$string = 'Hello [quote] how are you [\quote] sorry';
$pattern[] = '/\[quote\].*\[\quote]/';
$replacement[] = 'oops';
echo preg_replace($pattern, $replacement, $string);
die;
?> 

[ramli]

It returns "Hello quote] how are you \quote] sorry" i guess this is not your intention is the pattern correct ? i dont realy know but thats the only thing i can think of ... (removed [)

[MadTechie]

humm

 

this works

 

<?php
$string = 'Hello [quote] how are you [\quote] sorry';
$pattern[] = '/\[quote\].*\[\\\quote\]/';
$replacement[] = 'oops';
echo preg_replace($pattern, $replacement, $string);
die;
?> 

 

 

 

Updated

 

 

Sorry still learning RegEx

[maxic0]

Can someone explain this line to me please?

$pattern = '/\[quote\].*\[\\\quote]/';

Whats with all the \\\ ?

 

Thanks

[MadTechie]

please don't hi jack other members posts.

the patten is a RegEx Patten in simple terms \\\ means \

[Daniel0]

Can someone explain this line to me please?

$pattern = '/\[quote\].*\[\\\quote]/';

Whats with all the \\\ ?

 

Thanks

 

I think it should have been:

$pattern = '/\[quote\].*\[\/quote]/';

[MadTechie]

was the first thing i tried it failed!!

 

which is weird on a wim i tryed \\\ and it worked!!

 

 

EDIT

Update got the / around the wrong way on the string corrected

<?php
$string = 'Hello [quote] how are you [/quote] sorry';
$pattern[] = '/\[quote\].*\[\/quote\]/';
$replacement[] = 'oops';
echo preg_replace($pattern, $replacement, $string);
die;

?>

 

 

 

D'Oh!

 

 

Well you learn from your mistakes and well i make loads

[maxic0]

hi jack other peoples posts??!

[MadTechie]

pulling the questions to your own gain at the expense of the member who started the thread!

[ramli]

Thanks for all the help (and yeh don't hi jack my post )

[maxic0]

Well sorry, it was one little question. I think he got the answer he wanted anyway.

[neylitalo]

When someone is asking for clarification on something mentioned in a particular thread, it is definitely not hijacking. Don't be ridiculous. You'd prefer that someone start a new thread, ask their question, and then provide a link to the original thread so everybody knows what's going on? It's only hijacking if someone takes a thread and asks a completely irrelevant question.

[ramli]

i know i was just joking no harm done

[Barand]

@ramli,

I suspect neylitalo's comment was aimed at MadTechie

[MadTechie]

Yep, i am wearing my bullseye t-shirt today.. :-\