Hi,
I've got a problem with regular expression syntax with ereg_replace:
ereg_replace(':start:(.*):end:','this is \\1',':start: first :end: middle :start: last
:end:');
returns - this is first :end: middle :start: last
but I want - this is first middle this is last
The problem seems to be that ereg_replace is being greedy on the match and matching as
much as it
can
instead of just finding the first match, handling that and then going on to the next
match.
I can get it to work with preg_replace i.e.
preg_replace(':start:(.*?):end:','this \\1',':start first :end: middle :start: last
:end:')
returns - this is first middle this is last
But my actual string is on multiple lines, and preg_replace doesn't seem to continue
trying
to match on the next line, whereas ereg_replace happily treats newlines just like any
other
character.
So how do I stop ereg_replace being greedy or alternatively get preg_replace to treat
multiple
lines as a single source string?
George
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