----- Original Message ----- From: "skate" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 3:16 PM Subject: [PHP] greedy preg
> > $contents = preg_replace( "|<item>.*?$file.*?</item>|si", "", $contents ); > > it's being run on an XML file, where each entry is <item>......</item> with > a $file pointer in there. > > it works okay, except for the fact that it deletes that record, and every > record before it. i can't figure out why it's being greedy? i know i gotta > be missing something real simple... You cannot store file pointers. If you output the variable it's going to look something like "Resource ID #1" which is meaningless except to the instance of the script that created it. Or did you mean something different by "$file pointer"? - Kevin -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
