Re: [PHP] Regular Expression help need

2008-07-27 Thread James Dempster
On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 1:08 PM, Shelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Richard, > > Not exactly actually. > > What I mean is: > Before: hi Richard>, & good morning< > After: hi Richard>, & good morning< > > I hope it's clear now. > > On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 7:53 PM, Richard Heyes <[EMAIL PROTE

Re: [PHP] Regular Expression help need

2008-07-27 Thread Richard Heyes
> Before: hi Richard>, & good morning< > After: hi Richard>, & good morning< By the sounds of it negative look ahead assertions may be of some help. Or look behind assertions. -- Richard Heyes http://www.phpguru.org -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: htt

Re: [PHP] Regular Expression help need

2008-07-26 Thread Micah Gersten
Are you talking about looking at blogs in a mobile phone browser or actually downloading the blog into another format? Thank you, Micah Gersten onShore Networks Internal Developer http://www.onshore.com Shelley wrote: > Ok, let me tell you what i want to achieve. > I want to transfer users' b

Re: [PHP] Regular Expression help need

2008-07-25 Thread Shelley
Ok, let me tell you what i want to achieve. I want to transfer users' blog onto mobile phone, so I should convert characters such as >, <, & (but not &, or >, or <, etc) into xml compatible ones, >, < &. Maybe there is some problem in my expression? Waiting for your response... On Sat, Jul 26, 2

Re: [PHP] Regular Expression help need

2008-07-25 Thread Micah Gersten
Are you trying to make it xml compatible or XHTML compatible? '&' is not valid HTML or XHTML as it has special meaning. If you want it to adhere to the standard and display correctly, you must use '&' Thank you, Micah Gersten onShore Networks Internal Developer http://www.onshore.com Shelley w

Re: [PHP] Regular Expression help need

2008-07-25 Thread Shelley
Hi Richard, Not exactly actually. What I mean is: Before: hi Richard>, & good morning< After: hi Richard>, & good morning< I hope it's clear now. On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 7:53 PM, Richard Heyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How can I make a string with & (NOT &, >, < or "), <, > > xml > > co

Re: [PHP] Regular Expression help need

2008-07-25 Thread Richard Heyes
> How can I make a string with & (NOT &, >, < or "), <, > xml > compatible? > What is the expression to use? Not entirely sure what you're after (try posting some before and after snippets), but by the sounds of it you don't need a regular expression - strtr() will work for you. Or str_replace().