[PHP] preg_replace help please

[Justin French]

this is supposed to any occurrence of *something* into 
strongsomething/strong

$str = preg_replace(!\*(.*?)\*!, strong\\1/strong\\2,$str);

it works fine on single lines, but it breaks when there's a \n (and 
perhaps other white spaces?) in the string, eg:

*something with
a newline*
I think this is because .*? doesn't include newlines... can anyopne 
help me modify the above to work on multiple lines

Thanks!

Justin

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Re: [PHP] preg_replace help please

[John W. Holmes]

Justin French wrote:
this is supposed to any occurrence of *something* into 
strongsomething/strong

$str = preg_replace(!\*(.*?)\*!, strong\\1/strong\\2,$str);

it works fine on single lines, but it breaks when there's a \n (and 
perhaps other white spaces?) in the string, eg:

*something with
a newline*
I think this is because .*? doesn't include newlines... can anyopne help 
me modify the above to work on multiple lines
Yes, that's the reason. Use an 's' modifier to make the dot character 
match newlines. It's all in the F manual. :)

$str = preg_replace(!\*(.*?)\*!s, strong\\1/strong\\2,$str);

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