Not sure if it will be quicker or not, but I don't think you NEED a regex: - get rid of 'for more information' - split on 'See' into $pre and $code - trim the bits down - wrap $code in a URL - glue it all back together
UNTESTED CODE: <? // string $str = 'Windows 2000 Hotfix (Pre-SP4) See Q322842 for more information'; // set up $ms = "http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;";; $suffix = 'for more information'; $splitter = 'See'; // do it list($pre,$code) = explode($splitter,$str = str_replace($suffix,'',$str)); $pre = trim($pre); $code = trim($code); $str = "{$pre} See <a href=\"{$ms}{$code}\">{$code}</a> {$suffix}"; echo $str; ?> If this gets heavy traffic, u may want to test which is faster -- or you may not care!! Justin on 14/12/02 5:21 AM, Gareth Hastings ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to work out the regex needed to split either one of the > following lines > > Windows 2000 Hotfix (Pre-SP4) See Q322842 for more information > Windows XP Hotfix (SP2) See Q327696 for more information > > Into one of these > > Windows 2000 Hotfix (Pre-SP4) See <a > href='http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q322842'>Q > 322842</a> for more information > Windows XP Hotfix (SP2) See <a > href='http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q327696>Q3 > 27696</a> for more information > > I can work out half of the expression but not the other half lol, I've > used a combination of ereg and split but I'm sure this can be done with > 1 ereg statement. Here is my code > > $ms = "http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;";; > > > if (ereg("(\[See )([Q|q][0-9]+)( for more information\])", $name)) > { > $sp = split("\[See ", $name); > ereg("([Q|q][0-9]+)( for more information\])", $sp[1], $qb); > > $url = $sp[0] . "See <a href='$ms" . $qb[1] . "' > target='_blank'>" . $qb[1] . "</a> for more information"; > > } > > Any ideas? > > Gareth > > Justin French -------------------- http://Indent.com.au Web Development & Graphic Design -------------------- -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
