Take a look at the negative assertions on this page: http://us2.php.net/manual/en/regexp.reference.php Thank you, Micah Gersten onShore Networks Internal Developer http://www.onshore.com Adz07 wrote: > I am trying to nail down a bit of code for changing processor names depending > on matches. > Problem i am having is the replacement takes place then it seems to do it > again replacing the text just replaced as there are similar matches > afterwards. example (easier) > > $string = "The new Intel Core 2 Duo T8300"; > > $patterns = array("/Intel Core 2 Duo/","/Intel Core 2/"); > > $replacements = array("/Intel Core 2 Duo Processor Technology/","/Intel Core > 2 Processor Technology/"); > > I would expect to get the following: > > The new Intel Core 2 Duo Processor Technology T8300 > > but i get > > The new Intel Core 2 Processor Technology Duo Processor Technology T8300 > > I can see why its doing it, reading the string in and making the replacement > but then reading the string in for the next pattern, but i don't want it to > do this. How do i stop preg_replace from reading in the same part of the > string that has been replaced already? > > (it's a bad day! :( ) > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
