[SOLVED] HTML tags on multiple lines

[thegman]

Hi All,

I need to remove all divs which have 'style="DISPLAY: none" '.

 

	<DIV id=radiobtn31 g="1">Hosting Required
        <DIV id=radiobtn3100 g="2">    Plan A - 3.99/month
            <DIV id=radiobtn321 g="3">         1 Year</DIV>
            <DIV id=radiobtn322 style="DISPLAY: none" g="3">         2 Years</DIV>
    	</DIV>
        
        <DIV id=radiobtn3101 style="DISPLAY: none" g="2">    Plan B - 8.99/month
            <DIV id=radiobtn323 style="DISPLAY: none" g="3">         1 Year</DIV>
            <DIV id=radiobtn324 style="DISPLAY: none" g="3">         2 Years</DIV>
        </DIV>
      
        <DIV id=radiobtn3102 style="DISPLAY: none" g="2">    Plan C - 15.99/month
            <DIV id=radiobtn325 style="DISPLAY: none" g="3">         1 Year</DIV>
            <DIV id=radiobtn326 style="DISPLAY: none" g="3">         2 Years</DIV>
        </DIV>
   	</DIV>

 

Since they are nested, I tried deleting them inside out ie. Divs with g=3 first then g=2 and so on. The problem I encounter is after ejecting the div with g=3 i get the div with g=2 on different lines

 

eg.

        <DIV id=radiobtn3102 style="DISPLAY: none" g="2">    Plan C - 15.99/month
            
        </DIV>

 

Now, when i try to do the same for g=2 i get an error since the start and end tags are on different lines.

 

The code I am using is as follows...but it just doesnt seem to work

$string = preg_replace("<DIV.*DISPLAY.*none.*g=\"3\".*/DIV>", "", $string);

$string = preg_replace("<DIV.*DISPLAY.*none.*g=\"2\".*/DIV>", "", $string);

echo $string;

 

I am a n00b at this and would appreciate any and all help in this regard.

 

Many Thanks and best regards,

G

 

[effigy]

You need the /s modifier to include new lines in ..

 

<pre>
<?php
$string = <<<DATA
<DIV id=radiobtn31 g="1">Hosting Required
        <DIV id=radiobtn3100 g="2">    Plan A - 3.99/month
            <DIV id=radiobtn321 g="3">         1 Year</DIV>
            <DIV id=radiobtn322 style="DISPLAY: none" g="3">         2 Years</DIV>
    	</DIV>
        
        <DIV id=radiobtn3101 style="DISPLAY: none" g="2">    Plan B - 8.99/month
            <DIV id=radiobtn323 style="DISPLAY: none" g="3">         1 Year</DIV>
            <DIV id=radiobtn324 style="DISPLAY: none" g="3">         2 Years</DIV>
        </DIV>
      
        <DIV id=radiobtn3102 style="DISPLAY: none" g="2">    Plan C - 15.99/month
            <DIV id=radiobtn325 style="DISPLAY: none" g="3">         1 Year</DIV>
            <DIV id=radiobtn326 style="DISPLAY: none" g="3">         2 Years</DIV>
        </DIV>
   	</DIV>
DATA;

$string = preg_replace('%<DIV[^>]+DISPLAY[^>]+none[^>]+g="3"[^>]*>.*?</DIV>%s', '', $string);
$string = preg_replace('%<DIV[^>]+DISPLAY[^>]+none[^>]+g="2"[^>]*>.*?</DIV>%s', '', $string);
echo htmlspecialchars($string);

?>
</pre>

[thegman]

Dear effigy,

I had been struggling with the code for almost 3 days and it was driving me insane. Your solution works perfectly

 

I cant put into words how much I appreciate your help with this....but ill try...

 

THANK YOU!THANK YOU!THANK YOU!THANK YOU!THANK YOU!THANK YOU!THANK YOU!...you rock man!