preg_replace question/problem

viper21634

well lets look at the code first, I just built a VERY simple email forward cleaner(you know the stupid little > at the start of every line)

<?php
if(isset($message))
	$newmsg=preg_replace("/^>+\s*/","",$message); 
?>
<html>
<head>
<title>Email Forward stripper</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
</head>

<body>
<div align="center"><h3>Paste the message to be cleaned below</h3><br><br><br><form action="<?php print $PHP_SELF ?>" method="post">
<textarea cols="100" rows="30" name="message"><?php if(isset($newmsg))
	echo $newmsg ?></textarea><br><br><br>
<input type="submit" value="Clean">
</form><br><br>
&copy; 2002 <a href="mailto:mhughes@nettech-computers.com?subject=CleanMail">NetTech Computers</a> All Rights Reserved
</div>
</body>
</html>

Well first the question, what do I need to do to have it only strip the > chrs until it hits text then to go the the next line. I have tried the /A and the /U moders, just wont work

now the problem, when it hits a double quote " it adds a \ to the front of it, why is it doing that???

IWS

Change the replace to:
$newmsg=preg_replace("/^{>+\s*/","",$message);}

The backslashes are showing up because magic_quotes_gpc is turned on in your php.ini. Turn this off, or do the following:
$newmsg=str_replace('\','',$message);

viper21634

Thanks, works great. I have been meaning to look into that magic quotes deal, what is it meant to do?? and is there any good reason to have it on??

BTW if anyone finds the email stripper useful, have at, feel free to use it where ever you want. all I ask is that you leave the copy right line as it is.