preg_replace problem.

[tw1nk]

Im having problems with preg_replace.

sometimes it doesn't replace.

function code($val,$ni){
	$clr[1] = "#E6F5FF";
	$clr[0] = "#BEE1FF";
	$val = stripslashes(urldecode($val));

	$val = preg_replace('/\(quote\sfrom=\"(.*)\"\)/','<br><br><div style="position:relative;width:80%;left:50px;background-color:'.$clr[($ni+1)%2].';border:1px solid;padding:5px;" align=\"left\">Quote<br>originally posted by \\1<img src="bpix.gif" width="90%" height="1"><br>',$val);

	$val = preg_replace('/\(\/quote\)/s',"</div>",$val);

	$val = str_replace("&lt;editline /&gt;","<img src=\"line.gif\" width=\"80%\" align=\"middle\" height=\"1\">",$val);

	return $val;

}


$out = code("(quote from=\"user1\")some quote text(/quote)\n\n this is my reply",1);

// works correctly

$out = code("(quote from=\"user2\")(quote from=\"user1\")some quote text(/quote)\n\n this is my reply(/quote) no this doesnt work",1);

// doesn't work: output:

//<br><br><div style="position:relative;width:550px;left:50px;background-color:#E6F5FF;border:1px solid;padding:5px;" align="left">(Quote)<br>originally posted by user2"][quote from="user1<img src="bpix.gif" width="548" height="1"><br>some quote text</div>this is my reply </div> this doesnt work


$out = code("(quote from=\"user2\")\n\n this is my reply(/quote) no this doesnt work(quote from=\"user1\")some quote text[/quote) but this works",1);

// works correctly


echo($out);

Could someone point out the error?

thanks for any help.

[Weedpacket]

Not sure what you mean by "doesn't replace" - it certainly looks like it's replacing to me. Maybe it's replacing too much?

What happens if you use .? instead of .?

[tw1nk]

it does replace but not all items...

(quote from="user_a")(quote from="user_b")hello(/quote)bye bye(/quote)

in this case only the quote from user_a would be replaced.

I can't get the code to replace more than one quote if the quotes are recursive.