[SOLVED] replace all / except in a tag </>

[poe]

i have a string

<table><tr><td>8</td><td>date</td><td>10/15</td><td>W/L</td><td>2/11</td></tr></table>

 

how do i replace all instances of the '/' (slash) with a ':' (colon) except for when it is not in a tag like </td> or </table> etc...

 

i have, but does not work:

$strHtml = eregi_replace("(-|/)",":",$strHtml);

 

*** i also want to replace the dash with a colon, but that is not giving me a problem

[effigy]

If it's always for the >digits/digits< format:

 

<pre>
<?php
$str = '<table><tr><td>8</td><td>date</td><td>10/15</td><td>W/L</td><td>2/11</td></tr></table>';
echo htmlspecialchars(preg_replace('#(?<=>)(\d+)/(?=\d+<)#', '\1:', $str));
?>
</pre>

[poe]

it could be for >numbers/numbers<

 

OR

 

>letters/letters<

 

OR

 

>letters or numbers / letters or numbers<

[effigy]

If by "letters" you mean ASCII, replace \d with [a-zA-Z0-9].

[poe]

awsome, thankyou!