Hi Omega,
On Sat, 1 Feb 2014 03:40:01 -0500
Omega -1911 <1911...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello List: I am trying to go through a folder of php scripts to add a
> database prefix to lines that have a select statement. Since the database
> prefix will differ, I am simply trying to add:
>
> ".$database_prefix."
>
> to those lines. For example, instead of the line looking like: $sql =
> "SELECT * FROM bs_services"; I need to have it look like: $sql = "SELECT *
> FROM ".$database_prefix."_bs_services";
>
> I have tried a variety of Perl examples including the the code below, but
> it gives an error.
>
> $_ =~ s/bs_/".$database_prefix."_bs/g;
>
It appears that the right hand side of the s/// operation will try to
interpolate «$database_prefix» as a variable. What you need is to escape the
«$» using «\$»:
[SHELL]
shlomif@telaviv1:~$ cat Test.pl
#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
while(<>)
{
$_ =~ s/bs_/".\$database_prefix."_bs/g;
print $_;
}
shlomif@telaviv1:~$ perl Test.pl
$sql = "SELECT * FROM bs_services";
$sql = "SELECT * FROM ".$database_prefix."_bsservices";
shlomif@telaviv1:~$
[/END OF SHELL]
A few notes:
1. It's not a good idea to overuse $_:
http://perl-begin.org/tutorials/bad-elements/#overuse_dollar_underscore
2. «$_ =~ s///;» can simply be written as «s///» with the implicit $_ variable.
Regards,
Shlomi Fish
> Can anyone give me some help on this? Maybe it's due to looking at php code
> all day but I would really like to get this done before going to bed. It's
> already 3:40 AM here but oh well... Any help is appreciated!
>
> --
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