how to do this?

mcshen

i have a file call template.html which is
<html>

%entry1%
%entry2%
%entry3%
%entry4%
%entry5%
%entry6%

</html>

i want to replace %entry1% with the first entry i query from mysql table.

i used ereg_replace, but it replaces all of them with the first entry from what i get from mysql.

any info?

thanks.

Weedpacket

How are you doing the replacement? My guess is that it's matching everything from the first % in the first template slot to the last % in the last template slot. That's based on one interpretation of your question. Another, based on a different interpretation, is that the same value is being substituted for each of the template slots, so that the same value is used over and over again. This suggests a problem with your loop and/or extraction of data from the database.

I'd use preg_replace() - faster, more powerful, and you're soaking in it.

preg_replace('/%entry(\d+)%/e',"\$entry[\\1]", $html);

Assuming the entries are in an array named $entry[], numbered the same way as in the template.

Gee, you could do that with several arrays at once:

preg_replace('/%([A-Za-z_]+)(\d+)%/e', "\$\\1[\\2]", $html);

I'm gonna have to remember that.