[PHP] Re: preg_replace problem

[Shawn McKenzie]

Al wrote:
> This preg_replace() should simply replace all "&" with "&" unless
> the value is already "&"
> 
> But; if $value is simple a quote character ["] I get "&quote". e.g.,
> "test" => &quote;test&quote;
> 
> Search string and replace works as it should in Regex_Coach.
> 
> echo $value.'<br />';
> $value=preg_replace("%&(?!amp;)%i", "&amp;", $value);
> echo $value;
> 
> I tried using \x26 for the "&" in the search string; didn't help.
> 
> This seems too obvious to be a bug. Using php5.2.9
> 
> Al.......

Your code works for me, unless I'm misunderstanding the problem.  With
the following:

$value = "&quote;test&quote;";

I get:

&quote;test&quote;<br />
&amp;quote;test&amp;quote;

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Thanks!
-Shawn
http://www.spidean.com

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