If you're OK with reformatting from newlines:
Match: <\?(?!(=|php\s))(\n|\s+)?
Replace: <?php
PHP code:
$result = preg_replace("/<\\?(?!(=|php\\s))(\\n|\\s+)?/um", "<?php ",
$searchText);
http://l.kehn.io/image/3K1U3w1z0Z2a
--jk
On 14 Feb 2014, at 12:05, Daevid Vincent wrote:
That one matches great too! Now it’s the replacement part that’s
the sticky one. I could always substitute with “<?php “ (with
space) but that’s ugly. I only need to add a space in the case of
<?command
Also what tool are you using there?
From: Nickolas Whiting [mailto:prggmr@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, February 14, 2014 11:57 AM
To: Daevid Vincent
Cc: PHP General list
Subject: Re: Anyone have a tool/script to convert <? to <?php
(but not <?=)
Any luck with the regex I supplied?
(<\?)(?!php|=|>|(?:\s+(?=\=)))
/(<\?)(?!php|=|>|(?:\s+(?=\=)))/
· 1st Capturing group (<\?)
o < matches the character < literally
o \? matches the character ? literally
· (?!php|=|>|(?:\s+(?=\=))) Negative Lookahead - Assert that
it is impossible to match the regex below
o 1st Alternative: php
§ php matches the characters php literally (case sensitive)
o 2nd Alternative: =
§ = matches the character = literally
o 3rd Alternative: >
§ > matches the character > literally
o 4th Alternative: (?:\s+(?=\=))
§ (?:\s+(?=\=)) Non-capturing group
§ \s+ match any white space character [\r\n\t\f ]
§ Quantifier: Between one and unlimited times, as many times as
possible, giving back as needed [greedy]
§ (?=\=) Positive Lookahead - Assert that the regex below can be
matched
§ \= matches the character = literally
On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 2:41 PM, Daevid Vincent <daevid@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Now we're getting somewhere maybe? ;-)
On my text examples it seems to look good but I think it's not much
different than using a \s
<?
if ($foo)
?>
<?= $foo ?> <?=$foo;?>
<? if($foo) ?>
<?php $foo='bar'; ?>
<?= $foo ?>
<?=$foo?>
<?echo 'i told you so';?>
<?phpecho 'this one fails';?>
If I substitute '<?php' then I end up with this:
<?php
if ($foo)
?>
<?= $foo ?> <?=$foo;?>
<?php if($foo) ?>
<?php $foo='bar'; ?>
<?= $foo ?>
<?=$foo?>
<?phpecho 'i told you so';?> <-- this one breaks now though
<?phpecho 'this one fails';?> <-- don't care as it was broken to begin
with
Is there a way to tweak the substitution with that same lookahead idea
so if
it was <? Followed by a character NOT a = then it adds a space?
-----Original Message-----
From: Joshua Kehn [mailto:josh.kehn@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, February 14, 2014 11:31 AM
To: Daevid Vincent
Cc: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Anyone have a tool/script to convert <? to <?php
(but
not
<?=)
Use a lookahead:
<\?(?!(=|php))
http://l.kehn.io/image/1H2J0p0T472k
--jk
On 14 Feb 2014, at 11:21, Daevid Vincent wrote:
Try it...
<?php $foo='bar'; ?>
<?= $foo ?>
<?=$foo?>
<?echo 'i told you so';?>
<?phpecho 'this one fails';?>
The ONLY one that gives a parser error is the LAST one where yes, a
space is required after a <?php
That is NOT the case for <? or <?=
-----Original Message-----
From: Aziz Saleh [mailto:azizsaleh@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, February 14, 2014 10:54 AM
To: Daevid Vincent
Cc: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Anyone have a tool/script to convert <? to <?php
(but not
<?=)
What I posted (and all the others) would work, replacing all
instances of
"<? " (notice the space) with "<?php " should work, it will leave
all
existing <?= and <?php alone (since having a space after ? and
before
=/php would produce a parser error.
Not sure why you are saying that spaces are irrelevant thou.
On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 1:34 PM, Daevid Vincent <daevid@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
*sigh*
<?=$foo?> is perfectly valid so is <?=$foo;?> or any combination
WITH
SPACES OR NOT.
If this were trivial, I wouldn't have asked the list. I've been
coding PHP
since 1996. ;-)
So if you have <? you have to make sure it doesn't have a '='
after
the
'?' to convert to '<?php'
Spaces are irrelevant and can NOT be relied upon as a unique
feature.
-----Original Message-----
From: Daevid Vincent [mailto:daevid@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2014 2:57 PM
To: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: Anyone have a tool/script to convert <? to
<?php
(but
not
<?=)
Thanks guys for the replies so far, however, if it were a simple
search
and
replace I wouldn't have to ask ;-)
The trick is that "<?=" is valid and legal and I want to keep
those. I
only
want to change if they are specifically "<?"
Maybe there is some regex guru out there that knows the magic
incantation.
Related, for extra credit it drives me bonkers to see this:
Hello <?= $username; ?>
Note the end semicolon on the variable. I'd want to strip all
those
off
too,
but that is also not a trivial task if you think about it as it
can
only
be
removed if proceeded with <?=
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