Re: [PHP] Really simple regex

2005-06-09 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 6/8/05, John Nichel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > preg_replace ( "/x+/", "x", $string ); > preg_replace ( "/x{1,}/", "x", $string ); > > But those will also change a letter 'x' in a word, so you'll probably > need to tinker with that part too. > > -- > John C. Nichel > ÜberGeek > KegWorks.com >

Re: [PHP] Really simple regex

2005-06-09 Thread Jochem Maas
... $string="I have apples!"; $string=preg_replace("/x+/sim","x", $string); print "$string"; ... Thanks, that did it. I did not know about the +. And what is the 'sim' its not one thing but 3 things, everything that comes after a regexp closing marker (but inside the string) is

Re: [PHP] Really simple regex

2005-06-08 Thread John Nichel
Dotan Cohen wrote: Now, I know that this is easy, but I am embarassed to say that I can't find a regex tutorial that will show me how to match any occurances of x and replace them with one x: x >x xx > x x > x $string="I have apples!"; $string=preg_replace("-regex here-","x", $stri

Re: [PHP] Really simple regex

2005-06-08 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 6/8/05, Jochem Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dotan Cohen wrote: > > On 6/8/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>Quoting Dotan Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> > >>$string="I have apples!"; > >>$string=preg_replace("/x+/sim","x", $string); > >>print "$string"; > >>

Re: [PHP] Really simple regex

2005-06-08 Thread Jochem Maas
Dotan Cohen wrote: On 6/8/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Quoting Dotan Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: $string="I have apples!"; $string=preg_replace("/x+/sim","x", $string); print "$string"; hope it helps.. Now, I know that this is easy, but I am embarassed to say th

Re: [PHP] Really simple regex

2005-06-08 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 6/8/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Quoting Dotan Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > $string="I have apples!"; > $string=preg_replace("/x+/sim","x", $string); > print "$string"; > > hope it helps.. > > > Now, I know that this is easy, but I am embarassed to say that I

Re: [PHP] Really simple regex

2005-06-08 Thread Matthew Weier O'Phinney
* Rory Browne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : > preg_replace("/x+/", "x", $string); should do it. Having that said, > regex generally comes back and bites me in the ass, so... That one won't -- that's spot on. > On 6/8/05, Dotan Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Now, I know that this is easy, bu

Re: [PHP] Really simple regex

2005-06-08 Thread Rory Browne
preg_replace("/x+/", "x", $string); should do it. Having that said, regex generally comes back and bites me in the ass, so... On 6/8/05, Dotan Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Now, I know that this is easy, but I am embarassed to say that I can't > find a regex tutorial that will show me

[PHP] Really simple regex

2005-06-08 Thread Dotan Cohen
Now, I know that this is easy, but I am embarassed to say that I can't find a regex tutorial that will show me how to match any occurances of x and replace them with one x: x >x xx > x x > x $string="I have apples!"; $string=preg_replace("-regex here-","x", $string); print "$string";