str_replace i think..

joey3002

$nametext = str_replace('Mike', "Michael", $names);

ok, that works. But, I am trying to get the str_replace to find Mike and replace it with Michael AND replace the next 2 lines.

This is what I am trying to figure out for the past 2 days..

Thanks for any help.

Duey

str_replace searchs for all occurences of Mike so please explain more

joey3002

Well there will be a full name in the search like..

$nametext = str_replace('Mike Jones', "Michael Jones\n\n", $names);

basically, if it finds, Mike Jones, I want it to write Michael Jones and delete the next 2 lines... (i think i mis-worded it the first time)

Thanks

joey3002

$nametext = preg_replace("/Mike/i","Michael",$names);

I also have the replace working with preg_replace.. but i dont know how to delete the next 3 lines.

This is not in a file. All data is stored in a table. The data is about 300 lines or so. When i goto my pages, i see the entire text.

Thanks

diego25

This seems to work:

<?
$names = <<<EOD
Hello Mike Jones
How are you?
Not too bad?
Good.
EOD;

$nametext = preg_replace("/Mike.?\n.?\n.*?\n/i","Michael\n",$names);
print $nametext;
?>

It will replace Mike with Michael, and delete the next 2 lines "How are you?" and "Not too bad?".

Diego

joey3002

Worked perfect, one final question.. what if i want to add a 2nd name like John Whenever Mike or John shows up, it will replace either with Mike and then delete the next 2 lines..

Thanks again.. this is already a big help and has cut 25% of my time from manually editing..

Originally posted by diego25
This seems to work:

<?
$names = <<<EOD
Hello Mike Jones
How are you?
Not too bad?
Good.
EOD;

$nametext = preg_replace("/Mike.?\n.?\n.*?\n/i","Michael\n",$names);
print $nametext;
?>

It will replace Mike with Michael, and delete the next 2 lines "How are you?" and "Not too bad?".

Diego

joey3002

disregard, i figured it out..