try http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.preg-replace-callback.php. you need to read a bit on 'regular expressions' http://www.gskinner.com/RegExr/ will be handy in crafting a suitable regex to capture your 'tags' ~viraj On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 2:16 PM, John Taylor-Johnston <John.Taylor-Johnston@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > $content = "... a bunch of text with some <!--protected-->protected > information<!--/protected--> with some more text with some more > <!--protected--><table><tr><td>more protected > text</td></tr></table><!--/protected--> and even <!--protected--><b>some > protected content>b><!--/protected-->"; > > I want to replace any content between these tags: > <!--protected--><!--/protected--> > with say > > $replacewith = "<strong>protected content</strong>"; > > > $content = " a bunch of text with some <strong>protected content</strong> > with some more text with some more <strong>protected content</strong> and > even <strong>protected content</strong>"; > > It's a little more involved than str_replace which is about the limit of my > knowledge. > > Any takers - to take pity on me? I'm trying to figure out some funky > WordPress stuff as it is. > > John > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
