RE: [PHP] translating a function from Perl to PHP

At 4/26/2001 05:33 AM, ..s.c.o.t.t.. [gts] wrote: >i tried to do it myself and nearly fell off >my chair becuase PHP makes you jump through >hoops to do such a simple thing > >print preg_replace('/<%([a-zA-Z]*)%>/e', "\$mioArray['$1']", $testo); > >i never could understand why other languages

Re: [PHP] translating a function from Perl to PHP

You've been my salvation!! thanks! :) > print preg_replace('/<%([a-zA-Z]*)%>/e', "\$mioArray['$1']", $testo); > > i never could understand why other languages > made regular expressions so convoluted. > why not just support the =~ binding operator > instead of that awful function syntax...? >

RE: [PHP] translating a function from Perl to PHP

i tried to do it myself and nearly fell off my chair becuase PHP makes you jump through hoops to do such a simple thing print preg_replace('/<%([a-zA-Z]*)%>/e', "\$mioArray['$1']", $testo); i never could understand why other languages made regular expressions so convoluted. why not just sup