ereg_replace syntax?!?!

[Anon]

I have two selects in html

1. "<select id='something'>"
   &
2. "<select enabled id='something'>"

I want with ereg_replace to change all
selects to "<select disabled" except
where is typed enabled (second select above).

Can someone help me with syntax?

Thanks

[Anon]

Don't wanna touch this with an ereg. Yucky. Doesn't do forward negative assertions.

$string = preg_replace("/<select\s+(?!enabled)/i","<select disabled",$string);

Assumes that "enabled" is always the first attribute when it appears.

[Anon]

Yes, "enabled" is allway before anything else, and it's working. Thanks you a lot!!!

[Anon]

FWIW: It could be done with ereg, but you don't wanna go there. It would probably look something like:

eregi_replace("<select[[:space:]]([^{e]|e([n]|n([a]|a([b]|b([l]|l([e]|e[d])))))))"...}

I'm not sure that would work, but that's okay, because it's so nasty I'd never use it!