On Tue, 3 Aug 2004 18:36:02 -0400, Anthony Ritter
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I'm using an RSS feed from the New York Times and right now the a href link
> takes the user to the same window.
>
> I'd like the link to open in it's own window by using the target .html
> attribute.
>
> I was hoping that I could use the eregi_replace() call by inserting:
>
> <a href="http://\\0";>target="_blank">\\0</a>
>
> where it matches any character between the <link></link> string in the URL.
>
> However it is not working for me.
>
> Viewing the xhtml of thr NY Times feed below, there are many areas of
> <links></links> so I'm not sure whether this is the correct way to go.
>
> Any leads or assistance will be greatly appreciated.
>
> TR
> ...................
>
> <?
> $string="<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/03/national/03tape.html?
> ex=1249272000&en=484f82ff258ab8c7&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt</link>"; // the
> string URL
>
> $pattern = "^(<link>.+</link>)$"; //match any character between the <link>
> and <link>
>
> $replace_pattern= '<a href="http://\\0";>target="_blank">\\0</a>';
>
> $new_string=eregi_replace($pattern,$replace_pattern,$string);
>
> echo $new_string;
> ?>
> .................
>
> // snippet of NYTimes RSS feed
>
> <link>http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/03/politics/03intel.html?ex=1249272000&;
> en=e061516bea792668&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt</link>
> <description>Much of the information that led to the new terror alert was
> three or four years old, but even the dated evidence was
> troubling.</description>
> <author>By DOUGLAS JEHL and DAVID JOHNSTON</author>
> <pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2004 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
> </item>
> - <item>
> <title>Tape of Kennedy's Killing Is Getting Digital Analysis</title>
>
> <link>http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/03/national/03tape.html?ex=1249272000&e
> n=484f82ff258ab8c7&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt</link>
>
Thanks, lots of good info here. It's nice to have all of the info at once.
I don't know about eregs myself, but I'll try a preg solution:
$new_text = preg_replace('!<link>(.*?)</link>!', '<a href="\1"
target="_blank">\1</a>', $text);
--
DB_DataObject_FormBuilder - The database at your fingertips
http://pear.php.net/package/DB_DataObject_FormBuilder
paperCrane --Justin Patrin--
--
PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/)
To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
