On 6/8/05, list_fernando@xxxxxxxxxxxx <list_fernando@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Quoting Dotan Cohen <dotancohen@xxxxxxxxx>: > > $string="I have xxxxxxxx apples!"; > $string=preg_replace("/x+/sim","x", $string); > print "$string"; > > hope it helps.. > > > Now, I know that this is easy, but I am embarassed to say that I can't > > find a regex tutorial that will show me how to match any occurances of > > x and replace them with one x: > > > > xxxxx >x > > xx > x > > x > x > > > > $string="I have xxxxxxxx apples!"; > > $string=preg_replace("-regex here-","x", $string); > > print "$string"; > > > > I have x apples! > > > > I searched marc because I know that I've seen this, but I don't know > > on what keywords to search. I know that php uses perl-compatable > > regular expressions, but in no tutorial did I find this. I know that * > > matches any amount of occurances of a string, but formulating it to do > > it in the middle of a string of text I could not get. > > > > Dotan > > http://lyricslist.com/lyrics/artist_albums/19/adams_bryan.php > > Bryan Adams Lyrics > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > Thanks, that did it. I did not know about the +. And what is the 'sim' doing? I can't find any information on that. Dotan http://lyricslist.com/lyrics/artist_albums/64/beatles.php Beatles Lyrics -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php