[PHP] Iterative regular expression replacement

2003-08-19 Thread Thaddeus J. Quintin
I'm looking to replace the 'nth' instance of an expression within a string. Example (very simple)- $string=My mom can beat up your mom and your mom's dog; $pattern=mom; $replacement=dad; I want to be able to replace any particular instance of the pattern within that string. I was getting ready

[PHP] iterative regular expression replacement

2003-08-19 Thread Thaddeus J. Quintin
I'm looking to replace the 'nth' instance of an expression within a string. Example (very simple)- $string=My mom can beat up your mom and your mom's dog; $pattern=mom; $replacement=dad; I want to be able to replace any particular instance of the pattern within that string. I was getting ready

Re: [PHP] Iterative regular expression replacement

2003-08-19 Thread CPT John W. Holmes
From: Thaddeus J. Quintin [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm looking to replace the 'nth' instance of an expression within a string. Example (very simple)- $string=My mom can beat up your mom and your mom's dog; $pattern=mom; $replacement=dad; I want to be able to replace any particular instance of

Re: [PHP] Iterative regular expression replacement

2003-08-19 Thread CPT John W. Holmes
From: Thaddeus J. Quintin [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm looking to replace the 'nth' instance of an expression within a string. Example (very simple)- $string=My mom can beat up your mom and your mom's dog; $pattern=mom; $replacement=dad; I want to be able to replace any particular instance of

Re: [PHP] Iterative regular expression replacement

2003-08-19 Thread Thaddeus J. Quintin
Perfect solution. Thanks, I don't know how I overlooked the preg_replace_callback function. That's exactly what I needed. Thaddeus CPT John W. Holmes wrote: From: Thaddeus J. Quintin [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm looking to replace the 'nth' instance of an expression within a string. Example (very