wildcard for string replace

[WEvans]

In the following code I need to replace SOMENAME with a wildcard. SOMENAME changes on a regular basis so I have no constant.

 

$pattern = "color=3FFF5E><b>";
$replace = "color=333399><b>Winner(s):<br>";
$pattern2 = "<b>Winner(s):<br>SOMENAME,";
$replace2 = "<b>Winner(s):<br>SOMENAME, ";
$html = file_get_contents('http://www4.igl.net/cgi-bin/tourney/gencalendar.cgi?path='.$leaguename);
$html = str_replace($pattern, $replace, $html);
$html = str_replace($pattern2, $replace2, $html);

 

All it's really doing is adding a space after "SOMENAME,". If I type an actual name that's in the html file, it works fine.

Thanks

[penguin0]

% after a variable works.

[kael.shipman]

Have you looked into regular expressions?

 

I don't know what the rest of your file string looks like, but you could try something along the lines of

<?php
$pattern2 = '/<b>Winner\(s\):<br>[^,]+, /'; // If the name always ends in a comma, that would be awesome. Otherwise, you'd have to come up with a more complicated expression.
$replace2 = "<b>Winner(s):<br>[newName], ";

$html = preg_replace($pattern2,$replace2,$html);
?>

[WEvans]

Thank you but that didn't work for me. It may help if I explain what I'm trying to do, a little better. First let's start with my current code.

<?php 
$leaguename = "crazyhouse";
$pattern = "color=3FFF5E><b>";
$replace = "color=333399><b>Winner(s):<br>";
$pattern2 = "<b>Winner(s):<br>SOMENAME,SOMENAME";
$replace2 = "<b>Winner(s):<br>SOMENAME, SOMENAME";
$html = file_get_contents('http://www4.igl.net/cgi-bin/tourney/gencalendar.cgi?path=crazyhouse&options=1&showstats=1&shownostats=1&single=1&double=1&ss=2&mintime=0&maxtime=2359&minentry=0&maxentry=100&addtime=-75600&by_time=0');
$html = str_replace($pattern, $replace, $html);
$html = str_replace($pattern2, $replace2, $html);

preg_match_all('|"#0000AA">(.*?)<font size=1 color=yellow face=Arial>(.*?)</a><br><font size=1 color=white face=Arial>(.*?)</td>|is',$html,$matches,PREG_SET_ORDER);

echo "<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"175px\">";
foreach ($matches as $match){
echo "<tr><td class=\"caltable\">$match[1]<font color=#000066 class=\"callinkfnt\">$match[2]</font></a><br>$match[3]</tr></td>";
}
echo "</table>";

?>

 

First str_replace changes font color from green to blue and adds "Winner(s):[linebreak]" right after it. Works fine no problems. This will display one of two things.

Either A.

Winner(s):

SOMENAME

Or B.

Winner(s):

SOMENAME,SOMENAME

I want my second str_replace to change B. to

Winner(s):

SOMENAME, SOMENAME

All it's doing is adding a space. It's purely cosmetic. The value for SOMENAME is stored in the html file I'm reading and changes it to the person's name.

i.e.

Winner(s):

JoeSmith

or

Winner(s):

JoeSmith,JaneDoe

I've tried to change my preg_match code, but if the html file doesn't display the winners, the output is wrong. That's why I went with the str_replace.

I'm very new to PHP and still learning so what may be simple to you, is beyond what I know. lol

Thanks again for your help.

[kael.shipman]

If all you want to do is add a space after the comma, check for the comma, then replace it with a comma-space:

 

<?php
$html = file_get_contents('http://www.....');
$html = str_replace(',',', ',$html);
....

?>

 

Yes, it's unnecessary to replace every comma on the page with a comma-space, but it won't hurt anything since html doesn't interpret more than one space in a row.

[WEvans]

Thanks kael. For this particular project that will work.

I would however like to know if anyone can still tell me how to use a wildcard for the same situation. I would like to know for future reference.

Thank you.

[kael.shipman]

If you're on a POSIX-compliant system, I think you can use fnmatch() (http://us.php.net/fnmatch). I kind of forgot about that one. It uses command-line-style wildcards.