str_replace for &lt;br&gt;

str_replace for

jassh

hi there all...

i'm currently using a textarea for my form...
i realize that if i uses the nl2br() function..
i will be able to change any new line triggered by the 'enter' key
into

now the problem is that..
i want to change the to a space..
(or 'xx' in the following example)

here's my code..

$mystring = "hi there <BR> buddy";	
$todo_desc = (str_replace(<br>', 'xx', $mystring));	
echo $mystring;

unfortunately, the above code doesnt convert the to XX
it returns:

hi there
buddy

how can i replace the ??
is it even possible??

-jassh

trexx

uhm... str_replace is case-sensitive, i guess. so and is not the same 🙂

wizkid

Hi,

for me, [FONT=courier new]nl2br()[/FONT] converts the line breaks into: [FONT=courier new] [/FONT], but that depends on the version on PHP that you're using.

wizkid

ir4z0r

@: yeah right, but the question is the opposite

cahva

Heres a preg_replace that converts and to 'xx'. Upper or lowercase, doesnt matter (theres the modifier /i which makes this replace case insensitive).

$mystring="hi <br> there <BR> buddy <br />";
$mystring=preg_replace("/<br>|<br \/>/i",'xx', $mystring);
echo $mystring;

hairulazami

actually I am not understand with this pattern:

/<br>|<br \/>/i

how can makes this replace case insensitive ?

laserlight

The | means "or".

Horizon88

And that is case-insensitive. Thus the "/i".

hairulazami

laserlight wrote:
The | means "or".

so the meaning is same with this line:

if($a=='yes' || $b=='no')

hairulazami

Horizon88 wrote:
And that is case-insensitive. Thus the "/i".

o'right thanks Horizon88.. 😃

suntra

What about str_ireplace() ?!