--- David T-G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Marius, et al --
>
> ...and then Marius Dascalu said...
> %
> % --- Justin French <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> % >
> % > This isn't working:
> % > $text = preg_replace('/<!--(.*)-->/','',$text);
> ...
> %
> % Hi,
>
> Hello!
>
>
> %
> % You must escape "-" (minus sign) because is a
> % meta-character for regular expressions. See
>
> What? No.
>
>
> %
>
http://www.php.net/manual/en/pcre.pattern.syntax.php.
>
> From that same link:
>
> Part of a pattern that is in square brackets is
> called a "character
> class". In a character class the only
> meta-characters are:
>
>
> \
>
> general escape character
>
>
>
> ^
>
> negate the class, but only if the first
> character
>
>
> -
>
> indicates character range
>
>
>
> ]
>
> terminates the character class
>
> So you only have to worry about a minus if you're in
> a [a-z] range, and
> even then you can put a minus in without having to
> resort to backslashes.
>
>
> % Your line of code might be:
> %
> % <CODE>
> % $text =
> preg_replace('/<!\-\-(.*)\-\->/','',$text);
> % </CODE>
>
> Then, again, it might not ;-)
>
>
> %
> % This line of code, if you are parsing HTML file
> row by
> % row, strips only "one line" comments. Comments
> spanned
> % on multiple lines are unaffected.
>
> Agreed. Let's leave that to the student to work
> out, shall we? :-)
>
>
> %
> % HTH
> %
> % Marius
>
>
> HTH & HAND
>
> :-D
> --
> David T-G
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://justpickone.org/davidtg/ Shpx gur
> Pbzzhavpngvbaf Qrprapl Npg!
>
>
> ATTACHMENT part 2 application/pgp-signature
K, my fault (but the script is functional in both
variants - tested in SciTE).
That is 2nd faulty response sended by me to list. At
the 3rd I will unsubscribe :-)
HAND
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