[PHP] Re: ereg() can't recognize characters... [SOLVED]

[DvDmanDT]

Notice the ?... The ? after the * is at least supposed to stop that
problem... So preg_replace("#\{(.*?),(.*?)\}#","<a
href=\"script.php?id=\\1\">\\2</a>",$whatever); should do what you want...
:p

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"Ivo Fokkema" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> skrev i meddelandet
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> Well, I tried that first, but it failed when some user whould list
multiple
> references. The ereg_replace would then take the two references as one.
> "{PMID11519736:Müller}, {PMID8789442:Milasin}" would result in a link to
> Müller named "Müller}, {PMID8789442:Milasin" instead of two separate
> links...
>
> Thanks again!
>
> Ivo
>
> "Dvdmandt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > Also... You know, there's a (.*?) command as well.. Might work just
about
> > perfect in your situation...
> >
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> > "Ivo Fokkema" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> skrev i meddelandet
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> > > Well d*mn, why didn't I think of this... It seems to work now! Thanks!
> > >
> > > I'm not such an expert on the Perl compatible regexp's so I rarely use
> > > them... Yet another reason to start using them though...
> > >
> > > Thanx!
> > >
> > > "Dvdmandt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > > > Use preg_*() functions then? Not that I think they would be much
> better
> > > > but...
> > > >
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> > > > "Ivo Fokkema" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> skrev i meddelandet
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> > > > > Hi list,
> > > > >
> > > > > I read through the manual and tried to find something on google,
but
> I
> > > > > didn't come to anything useful.
> > > > >
> > > > > It seems that the ereg()-family (I tried ereg(), eregi() and
> > > > ereg_replace())
> > > > > can't recognize any special characters such as èéêë etc. I tested
> this
> > :
> > > > >
> > > > > <?php
> > > > > print
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
(ereg("[[:alnum:][:alpha:][:blank:][:cntrl:][:digit:][:graph:][:lower:][:pri
> > > > > nt:][:punct:][:space:][:upper:][:xdigit:]]","é"));
> > > > > ?>
> > > > >
> > > > > and it returned a blank screen. When I fill in a regular character
> > such
> > > as
> > > > > 'e' or a slash or whatever, it returns 1. I ran into this when I
> > tested
> > > a
> > > > > script which should replace '{PMID[PubMed ID number]:[First
author's
> > > > name]}
> > > > > into a link to the article online. For instance,
> > > "{PMID12632325:Flanigan}"
> > > > > results in "<A
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&amp;db=PubM
> > > > > ed&amp;dopt=Abstract&amp;list_uids=12632325"
> > > > target="_blank">Flanigan</A>".
> > > > >
> > > > > This worked all fine, until an author's name was Müller. Then my
> > > > > ereg_replace() failed (below). Any ideas?
> > > > >
> > > > > <?php
> > > > > $val = ereg_replace("{PMID([[:alnum:]. _-]*):([[:alnum:]. _-]*)}",
> "<A
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
href=\"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&amp;db=Pub
> > > > > Med&amp;dopt=Abstract&amp;list_uids=\\1\"
> > > > > target=\"_blank\">\\2</A>","{PMID11519736:Müller}");
> > > > > print ($val);
> > > > > ?>
> > > > >
> > > > > TIA!
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > [Win2000 | Apache/1.3.23]
> > > > > [PHP/4.2.3 | MySQL/3.23.53]
> > > > >
> > > > > Ivo Fokkema
> > > > > PHP & MySQL programmer
> > > > > Leiden University Medical Centre
> > > > > Netherlands
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>



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