Hmm... i'm not that advanced... May be first I replace any string containing "---" with "---x", then use your solution?
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:r01050400-1023-F7D646F52EC711D78B79003065B83B6C@[208.37.41.173]... > Hmmm... I was about to reply with a simple solution, but there's a problem with it that I can't explain. Assuming the text is in $str... > > I can't get preg_replace to match a newline at the end of a pattern. If I use... > > $str = preg_replace('/\n=.+--\n/sU', '', $str); > > ...it matches nothing, but if I put a tag character at the end of the dashes, e.g. > > --------------------------------x > > ...then use... > > $str = preg_replace('/\n=.+--x/sU', '', $str); > > ...it works perfectly. I'm not sure why the pattern doesn't care about the first newline, but it chokes on the second one. Any thoughts? > > Thanks, > Alex > > > > > I have an ASCII file which has multiple blocks of text I want to clear. The > > scheme is as follows: > > > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > line 1 Everything between the separators, > > line 2 including the separators > > line 3 I want to clear from the text file > > line 4 > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > > > This text I want to keep > > > > There are infinite number of blocks surrounded by exactly the same > > separators. > > So, I guess I need to clear everything between the starting "=" and the > > ending "-". > > > > Can anyone suggest a regex pattern string that would help me accomplish > > that? > > > > Thank you all guys in advance! > > > > Nasko -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
