Re: [PHP] regular expressions php/perl/actionscript

2004-04-22 Thread David Scott
I believe Regular Expressions are language independent. Here is an O'Reilly book on the matter: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/regex2/ Chris W. Parker wrote: Gabino Travassos on Thursday, April 22, 2004 12:24 PM said: I'm wondering if Regular Expressions are the sa

Re: [PHP] regular expressions php/perl/actionscript

2004-04-22 Thread Curt Zirzow
* Thus wrote Gabino Travassos ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Hello > > I'm wondering if Regular Expressions are the same in Perl and PHP (and > possibly Actionscript)? They look the same and smell the same, but if I see > a book in a store for Perl Regular Expressions that's $10 cheaper than the > PHP one

Re: [PHP] regular expressions php/perl/actionscript

2004-04-22 Thread Gabino Travassos
Thanks for the suggestions. Between the online manual and the books I have I think I'll get there eventually. Sometimes my logic just sux. What I needed to do was have the user fill out a form and if they make changes to the XML file I would update the file. So, my long way around was to go throug

RE: [PHP] regular expressions php/perl/actionscript

2004-04-22 Thread Michal Migurski
> > I'm wondering if Regular Expressions are the same in Perl and PHP (and > > possibly Actionscript)? They look the same and smell the same, but if > > I see a book in a store for Perl Regular Expressions that's $10 > > cheaper than the PHP one (is there one?), then is it the same thing? > > this

Re: [PHP] regular expressions php/perl/actionscript

2004-04-22 Thread Gabino Travassos
I forgot to mention that in my XML file, inside the quotes in this attribute >>> backColour="xx" the x's will be variable..., so I need some kind of wildcard to select everything from "backColour" + the next 8 or 9 characters, cuz it might be backColour="333990" or whatnot. 'backColour' will

Re: [PHP] regular expressions php/perl/actionscript

2004-04-22 Thread John W. Holmes
From: "Gabino Travassos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I'm wondering if Regular Expressions are the same in Perl and PHP (and > possibly Actionscript)? They look the same and smell the same, but if I see > a book in a store for Perl Regular Expressions that's $10 cheaper than the > PHP one (is there one?)

RE: [PHP] regular expressions php/perl/actionscript

2004-04-22 Thread Chris W. Parker
Gabino Travassos on Thursday, April 22, 2004 12:24 PM said: > I'm wondering if Regular Expressions are the same in Perl and PHP (and > possibly Actionscript)? They look the same and smell the same, but if > I see a book in a store for Perl Regular Expressions that's

[PHP] regular expressions php/perl/actionscript

2004-04-22 Thread Gabino Travassos
Hello I'm wondering if Regular Expressions are the same in Perl and PHP (and possibly Actionscript)? They look the same and smell the same, but if I see a book in a store for Perl Regular Expressions that's $10 cheaper than the PHP one (is there one?), then is it the same thing? While we're on th