There is no reason to share the code because it happens with almost ALL the regex's I'm using :( But I worked this out using Todd's solution. Thank you all for trying to help. On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 11:06 AM, 9el <lenin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 2:37 PM, Jochem Maas <jochem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Nitsan Bin-Nun schreef: >> > Hi lista, >> > >> > I have been trying to figure this out for the last couple of hours but >> I'm >> > lack of luck. >> > Take a look at these regex's, the string that was inputed into the >> > preg_replace (using Uis modificators) and the results: >> > (the lists have correspondence to each other) >> > >> > ORIGINAL STRING >> > ---- >> > >> > http://www.zshare.net/video/541070871c7a8d9c >> > http://www.guba.com/watch/2000821351 >> > http://www.veoh.com/videos/v4609719YfsCFpf >> > >> > >> > REGEX USED (with Uis modificators) >> > ---- >> > http:\/\/(www\.|)zshare\.net\/video\/([^\/]+) $3 >> > http:\/\/(www\.|)guba\.com\/watch\/([0-9]+) $3 >> > http:\/\/(www\.|)veoh\.com\/videos\/([^\/]+) >> > >> > THE RETURNED STRING >> > ---- >> > 41070871c7a8d9c >> > 000821351 >> > 4609719YfsCFpf >> > >> > If you will go through this carefully you will notice that the first >> > character of each matching group is being deleted. >> > The regex's and the replacements string are being fetched from the >> database >> > (mysql) and goes straight to the preg_replace function with the original >> > string. >> > >> > I have no idea why this happens. >> > I'm looking forward for your opinions and suggestions. >> >> php -r ' >> var_dump(preg_replace("#http:\/\/(www\.|)zshare\.net\/video\/([^\/]+)#Ui", >> "\\2", "http://www.zshare.net/video/541070871c7a8d9c";)); >> ' >> string(16) "541070871c7a8d9c" >> >> given the above test I don't see the problem with the regexp >> (but you don't actually show the code so it's hard to tell), I'd >> probably look else where for the char munching culprit. > > > Well, yes if Nitsun is not sharing his piece of code we will have to guess > wildly... but why? :) > >> >> >> > >> > Regards, >> > Nitsan >> > >> >> >> -- >> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> >> >
