In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Chris Boget wrote:
Either of these should work: $str = preg_replace("/(\[[A-Z]+\])/","<br>\\1",$str); $str = ereg_replace("(\[[A-Z]+\])","<br>\\1",$str); e.g.: <?php $str = "[hi] there, this is me [HI] there, this is me"; print($str); $str = preg_replace("/(\[[A-Z]+\])/","<br>\\1",$str); //$str = ereg_replace("(\[[A-Z]+\])","<br>\\1",$str); print("$str"); ?> Jeff Warrington > I've got the following possible (example) strings: > > [hi] there, this is me [HI] there, this is me [ho] there, that is you > [HO] there, that is you [hey] there, where are you [HEY] there, where > are you > > and so on. I'm trying to come up with a regex that will find the > capitalized text (only) between the square brackets, including the > brackets (ie, the [HI], [HO], [HEY]) and basically put a <br> right > before. So, after the regex/replace, it'll look like this: > > [hi] there, this is me <br>[HI] there, this is me [ho] there, that is > you <br>[HO] there, that is you [hey] there, where are you <br>[HEY] > there, where are you > > Now, the text between the brackets will be unknown, so I can't just do > an instr() or strstr(). > > Any suggestions? > > Chris > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]