On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 10:37 PM, Rob Gould <gouldimg@xxxxxxx> wrote: > It appears that IE renders it's display: none in all caps while Firefox and > other browsers pass it back in lowercase. This throws off my php line of > code the is supposed to nuke blank bullets from a string of text: > $bl = > <LI style="DISPLAY: none" id=bullet_ug2_col5_8></LI> > <LI style="DISPLAY: none" id=bullet_ug2_col4_8></LI> > <LI style="DISPLAY: none" id=bullet_ug2_col3_8></LI> > <LI style="DISPLAY: none" id=bullet_ug2_col2_8></LI> > <LI style="DISPLAY: none" id=bullet_ug2_8></LI> > <LI style="DISPLAY: none" id=bullet_ug1_col4_8></LI> > <LI style="DISPLAY: list-item" id=bullet_ug1_col3_8>Reserved Frontstretch > Tower Ticket to the NextEra Energy Resources 250 on Friday Night </LI> > <LI style="DISPLAY: list-item" id=bullet_ug1_col2_8>Reserved Frontstretch > Tower Ticket to the Camping World 300 on Saturday </LI> > <LI style="DISPLAY: list-item" id=bullet_2_8>Reserved Frontstretch Tower > Ticket to the Daytona 500 on Sunday </LI> > <LI style="DISPLAY: none" id=bullet_addon_col2_8></LI> > <LI style="DISPLAY: none" id=bullet_addon3_8></LI> > <LI style="DISPLAY: none" id=bullet_option2_col4_8></LI> > <LI style="DISPLAY: none" id=bullet_option2_col3_8></LI> > <LI style="DISPLAY: none" id=bullet_option2_col2_8></LI> > <LI style="DISPLAY: none" id=bullet_option2_col1_8></LI> > <LI style="DISPLAY: none" id=bullet_option3_col4_8></LI> > <LI style="DISPLAY: none" id=bullet_option3_col3_8></LI> > <LI style="DISPLAY: none" id=bullet_option3_col2_8></LI> > <LI style="DISPLAY: none" id=bullet_option3_col1_8></LI> > <LI style="DISPLAY: none" id=bullet_option4_col4_8></LI> > <LI style="DISPLAY: none" id=bullet_option4_col3_8></LI> > > I want to keep the "DISPLAY: list-item" lines, and nuke all the others. > The below above are sent to PHP in a variable called $bl. I then try to > nuke the "DISPLAY: none" lines with something like: > > $pattern = '/<li[^>]*style="display: none[^>]*>/'; > $bl = preg_replace($pattern,'',$bl); > > $pattern = '/<li[^>]*style="DISPLAY: none[^>]*>/'; > $bl = preg_replace($pattern,'',$bl); > > But it appears that the case-sensitivity fix is not just a matter of making > the letter capitals. I'm sure someone who knows more than I about > preg_replace will see the > immediate error of my ways. Any advice is greatly appreciated. > > > > > > Your regex is looking for case-sensitive matches, which given the example below, would preclude all of your list items (they all start with "<LI", not "<li".) Try using a case insensitive regex (e.g., $bl = preg_replace($pattern = /<li[^>]*style="DISPLAY: none[^>]*>/i','',$bl); (Note the "i" after the search pattern above.) Adam -- Nephtali: PHP web framework that functions beautifully http://nephtaliproject.com
