----- Original Message ----- From: "Deniz Dizman (BST UGB)" <DENIZ.DIZMAN@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "C.R.Vegelin" <cr.vegelin@xxxxxxxxx>; "php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxx" <php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 11:29 AM Subject: RE: highlighting searchterms as bold text thats odd because the regex passes when I test it with this online tool: http://samuelfullman.com/team/php/tools/regular_expression_tester_p2.php -- dd
-----Original Message----- From: C.R.Vegelin [mailto:cr.vegelin@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 1:59 PM To: Deniz Dizman (BST UGB); php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: highlighting searchterms as bold text ----- Original Message ----- From: "Deniz Dizman (BST UGB)" <DENIZ.DIZMAN@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "C.R.Vegelin" <cr.vegelin@xxxxxxxxx>; "php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxx" <php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 10:38 AM Subject: RE: highlighting searchterms as bold text try /^ethyl/i what you want is ignore case and pattern begins with -- dd > -----Original Message----- > From: C.R.Vegelin [mailto:cr.vegelin@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 1:31 PM > To: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: highlighting searchterms as bold text > > Hi everyone, > > I want to highlight (bold) searchterms in text. > For example, for all words starting with "ethyl": > a) replace "ethyl" by "<b>ethyl</b>" > b) replace "Ethyl" by "<b>Ethyl</b>" > c) replace "ethylene" by "<b>ethylene</b>" > d) but not "methyl" by "<b>methyl</b>" > > Now I use: > $patterns[0] = "/ethyl/"; > $replacements[0] = "<b>ethyl</b>"; > $text = preg_replace($patterns, $replacements, $text); > > This works for a) and c), but not for b) and d). > Any idea how to do this ? > > TIA, Cor > Thanks Deniz, I tried pattern /^ethyl/i but this does not highlight anything. I also tried pattern /ethyl/i and this highlights all, but also methyl ... Any suggestion ? Cor
Hi Deniz, I tried the referred regex tool as well, and I get Bad Result for /^ethyl/i and Good Result for /ethyl/i Cor -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
