[SOLVED] some simple regex help

[dsaba]

normally i'm looking in a string for this ''. thats two single quotes followed by a period

and I replace it with this "" which is nothing

 

so thats

<?php
$string = str_replace("''.", "", $string);
?>

 

problem is, that I don't want to replace ''. when there is a \ before it all

for example I want to replace ''. but not \''.

 

so I know this can probably done with regex, how can I do it?

with preg_replace ??

 

 

-thanks

[effigy]

echo preg_replace("/(?<!\\\)''./", '', "\''.");

 

[dsaba]

thanks effigy but I believe you misread my question

 

I wanted to replace ''. with "" nothing

 

your regex looks for \''. and replaces it with \''.

 

i want the regex to only look for ''. and not \''. , and replace it with "" nothing

[dsaba]

n/m