2008/2/27 Dotan Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 27/02/2008, Zoltán Németh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > sorry that's messed up a bit, as I typed it right here in my mailer ;) > > > > preg_replace('/\b([^\s]+)a\b.*/U', '$1A', 'whatever i want that hasa a > > on the end'); > > > > greets > > > > Zoltán Németh > > > > Thank you very much, Zoltan. Is there a known UTF-8 limitation? > Because it works fine for me in English letters (well, the opposite of > what I needed but I was able to work with it as which polar I start > with was arbitrary), but not in Hebrew letters. For instance, this > works as expected: > > $test="aabacada aa a f"; > $test=preg_replace('/\b([^\s]+)a\b.*/U', '$1A', $test); > print $test; // PRINTS aabacadA aA a f > > However, this does not: > > $test="אאבאגאדא אא א "; > $test=preg_replace('/\b([^\s]+)ע\b.*/U', '$1א', $test); > print $test; // PRINTS אאבאגאדא אא א > > Am I misunderstanding something, or is there a UTF-8 problem, or > something else? Thank you for your assistance, it is much appreciated > and I'm learning what I can. > > > > Dotan Cohen > > http://what-is-what.com > http://gibberish.co.il > א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת > > A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? >
The "a" character (97) is different from the "א" character (1488). $a = html_entity_decode('א'); $test=preg_replace('/\b([^\s]+)' . $a . '\b.*/U', '$1A', $test); Will this work? -- -Casey