rszeus wrote: > Thank you. I undestand now. > > Anh it’s already workyng the replacemente with letteres. Bu if the variabele is a number it doens’t work. Any ideas ? > > > > $file = "screen/temp/7a45gfdi6icpan1jtb1j99o925_1_mini.jpg"; > > > > $id = '70'; > > echo preg_replace('#(Iscreen/)temp/(.+?)_1(.+?\.jpg)#', '$1'.$id, $file); > You have a great big capital I in there... Try removing that and see what happens. > I get 0 > > > > > > $id = 'test'; > > echo preg_replace('#(screen/)temp/(.+?)_1(.+?\.jpg)#', '$1'.$id, $file); > > I get screen/test > > > > Any ideas ? > > > > Thank you > > > > De: Kyle Smith [mailto:kyle.smith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Enviada: quarta-feira, 22 de Julho de 2009 17:22 > Para: rszeus > Cc: 'Eddie Drapkin'; ash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; 'Jim Lucas'; php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Assunto: Re: Replace in a string with regex > > > > The first match inside () is assigned to $1, the second is assigned to $2, and so on. > > rszeus wrote: > > Hi, > It doens't work. > I get 0_main.jpg if I do that.. > I don't undestand the point of $1 $2 and $3.. > In preg_replace('#(screens/)temp/(.+?)_1(_main\.jpg)#', what will be $1 and $2 and $3 ? > $ " I already knwo it's the (.+?) but the others didnt' get it. > > Thank you... > > -----Mensagem original----- > De: Eddie Drapkin [mailto:oorza2k5@xxxxxxxxx] > Enviada: quarta-feira, 22 de Julho de 2009 16:03 > Para: ash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Cc: Jim Lucas; rszeus; php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Assunto: Re: Replace in a string with regex > > On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 11:01 AM, Ashley > Sheridan <mailto:ash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <ash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Wed, 2009-07-22 at 07:54 -0700, Jim Lucas wrote: > > > rszeus wrote: > > > Thank you. > > What about instead test i want to insert a variable ? > Like > $id = "30"; > $file = "screens/temp/7a45gfdi6icpan1jtb1j99o925_1_main.jpg"; > echo preg_replace('#(screens/)temp/(.+?)_1(_main\.jpg)#', '$1$id$3', $file); > > > Sure that can be done. But you will need to change the second argument > to have double quotes so it will be parsed by PHP. > > Then I would surround YOUR variable with curly brackets to separate it > from the rest. > > echo preg_replace('#(screens/)temp/.+?_1(_main\.jpg)#', > "$1{$id}$3", > $file); > > > > I am confusing " and '. > > Thank you > > > -----Mensagem original----- > De: Eddie Drapkin [mailto:oorza2k5@xxxxxxxxx] > Enviada: quarta-feira, 22 de Julho de 2009 14:12 > Para: rszeus > Cc: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Assunto: Re: Replace in a string with regex > > On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 9:07 AM, rszeus <mailto:rszeus@xxxxxxxxx> <rszeus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Hi. It Works to remove the _1 but it doesn't replace '7a45gfdi6icpan1jtb1j99o925' for 'test' > > Thank you > > -----Mensagem original----- > De: Eddie Drapkin [mailto:oorza2k5@xxxxxxxxx] > Enviada: quarta-feira, 22 de Julho de 2009 13:11 > Para: rszeus > Cc: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Assunto: Re: Replace in a string with regex > > On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 8:02 AM, rszeus <mailto:rszeus@xxxxxxxxx> <rszeus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Hello, > > I’m tryng to make some replacements on a string. > > Everything goês fine until the regular expression. > > > > $file = "screens/temp/7a45gfdi6icpan1jtb1j99o925_1_main.jpg"; > > echo $a = str_replace(array(7a45gfdi6icpan1jtb1j99o925, > 'temp/',’_([0-9])’), array(“test”,"",””), $file) > > > > The idea is to remove /temp and the last _1 from the file name..but i’m only > getting this: > > screens/test_1_main.jpg > > > > I want it to be: screens/test_main.jpg > > > > Thank you > > > > > > > If you're trying to do a regular expression based search and replace, > you probably ought to use preg_replace instead of str_replace, as > str_replace doesn't parse regular expressions. > > Try this one out, I think I got what you wanted to do: > > <?php > > $file = "screens/temp/7a45gfdi6icpan1jtb1j99o925_1_main.jpg"; > > echo preg_replace('#(screens/)temp/(.+?)_1(_main\.jpg)#', '$1$2$3', $file); > > > > > In the second parameter, $2 is the string you'd want to replace to > test so change '$1$2$3' to '$1test$3'. > > It seems like you're having trouble with regular expressions, may I > suggest you read up on them? > > http://www.regular-expressions.info/ is a pretty great free resource, > as ridiculous as the design is. > > > > > > > > > I tested this, with the double quotes and the curly braces around the > middle argument (to avoid PHP getting confused) and it didn't recognise > the matches by the numbered $1, $3, etc. I know I'm not the op who asked > the original question, but it might help him/her? > > Thanks > Ash > www.ashleysheridan.co.uk > > > > > > To avoid confusion, rather than something like > "$1{$id}$3" > Which looks really indecipherable, I'd definitely think something like > '$1' . $id . '$3' > is a lot easier to read and understand what's going on by immediately > looking at it. > > As an added bonus, it'll definitely work ;) > > > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php