Re: [PHP-DEV] preg_replace and e option (bug or feature?) From: Andrei Zmievski (andrei <email protected>)
Date: 05/05/00

On Fri, 05 May 2000, Wico de Leeuw wrote:
> take this text:
>
> $text = "#!this 'is' a \"test\" :)!#";
>
> say i want everyting between #! and !# feed and replace to addslashes
>
> you sould say i do :
>
> $new_text = preg_replace("'#!(.*?)!#'ie", 'Addslashes("\\1")', $text);
>
> but because of the " and the ' this will fall due the eval of preg_replace
> resulting in a:
> Parse error: parse error in Unknown on line 0
>
> i suggest the founded strings in the regular can be called like this to
> overcome this problem:
> $new_text = preg_replace("'#!(.*?)!#'ie", 'Addslashes($1)', $text);
>
> Anyone has comment on this?

Yes, you should first escape ' or " in your original text with one
preg_replace() and then use another with /e modifier to feed it to your
function.

-Andrei
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