parsing double quotes

ed_rosenthal

I am searching a string composed of
double quotes
string
double quotes
comma
double quotes
http://string
double quotes

I have tried several variations on everything i have read about
but come up with different errors each time.
one idea i tried looked a bit like this:
$pattern = "(\".\"),(\"http://.\");
I have also tried backslashing the backslash, and that more than once, to leave the chicken scratch \\" etc...
i want the groups to remain, since i need to replace what i find
using backquoting the number of the group in the final step.
who amongst you, the best and the brightest, have the answer i need?
thanks in advance,
ed

128kb_com

Are you using delimiters with your regex and what regex function are you using to match?

heres one example:

$str = "\"string\",\"http://\"";
preg_match("%\"(.*)\",\"(ht{2}p://)\"%", $str, $matches);

echo $matches[1], $matches[2];
// outputs   stringhttp://

I had to use 'ht{2}p' up there cause this stupid form kept automatically making it a link...arg

diego25

I had to use 'ht{2}p' up there cause this stupid form kept automatically making it a link...arg

If you look at the checkboxes below the textarea where you type the message, you'll see that the option for "Automatically parse URLs: automatically adds and around internet addresses. " is enabled by default. Just uncheck it whenver you don't need it.

Diego

128kb_com

cool, thanks....

Mce

Sounds like you're just reading in a CSV file.

have you tried
fgetcsv($handle) ?

some info on the function at:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.fgetcsv.php

-Mce