On 6/25/05, Bob Winter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Bob Winter wrote: > > Dotan Cohen wrote: > > > >> I've got a line like this: > >> $str=preg_replace( "-regex here-", '\n<note>\1</note>', $str); > >> > >> Which has one of two problems: If I leave the single quotes around the > >> second argument, then it returns as \n and not a newline. If I change > >> the single quotes to double quotes, then the info from the regex is > >> not inserted in place of the \1. > >> > >> What is one to do in these situations? > >> > >> Dotan > >> http://lyricslist.com/lyrics/artist_albums/273/jackson_michael.php > >> Michael Jachson Lyrics > > > > > > Dotan, > > > > Try escaping the newline in your example: > > $str=preg_replace( "-regex here-", '\\n<note>\1</note>', $str); > > > > --Bob > Dotan, > > I'd like to recant my previous post, I made the mistake of not testing my > suggestion first . . . try this instead: > > $str=preg_replace( "-regex here-", "\n<note>$1</note>", $str); > > If you still have a problem, post the regex you are using and maybe a sample > string. > > --Bob >
I actually discovered that there are places that I DONT want the newline- so I'm just going to leave the notes on the same line for now. But thanks for that tip conserning the dollar sign- I know that I will need that in the future. Dotan http://lyricslist.com/lyrics/artist_albums/19/adams_bryan.php Bryan Adams Song Lyrics -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
