[Resolved] problem with ereg_replace

phpjaco

hello

trying to replace all paragraph breaks with but seems ereg_replace only wants to replace single whitespaces and not double spaces for example, here is my code:

$var = ereg_replace(" ","",$copy);

this does nothing but however if i use :

$var = ereg_replace(" ","",$copy);

then it replaces every whitespace with in other words between every sentence.

how do I solve this?

thanx

dkruythoff

I think u need something like this:

$var = '<p>'.ereg_replace("(\n|\r)+","</p><p>",$copy).'</p>';

phpjaco

''.ereg_replace("(\n|\r)+","",$copy).''

this works, but why is it enlosed in tags, just curious.

phpjaco

hello

was just wondering if this is possible, I only want to recognize double breaks (in other words paragraph breaks) so that ereg_replace only replaces double breaks and not single breaks

so for example :

this is some text.
this is some text

this is some text
this is some text.

results:
this is some text. this is some text.

this is some text this is some text.

Weedpacket

Originally posted by phpjaco
''.ereg_replace("(\n|\r)+","",$copy).''

this works, but why is it enlosed in tags, just curious.

The first starts a paragraph; you'll notice that the replacement text in the ereg_replace() ends a paragraph and starts another one. Then the on the end of the string ends the last paragraph.

For your other question, (\n|\r)(\n|\r)+ - except if you're going to be considering \r, you ought to consider \n\r as well: (\r\n|\n|\r)(\r\n|\n|\r)+

phpjaco

i might have a solution because the client pastes stuff inside from a pdf document (which really screws up the layout) into the text field,

what if i say there is a line break and a new line and a period then create this as a new paragraph

something like :

$write_text = "<p>".ereg_replace(".(\n|\r)+"....

will try this out now just dunno about my syntax.

phpjaco

rather unpredicable but it works....

used :

$article_text = "<p>".ereg_replace("[.](\n|\r)+","</p><p>",$article_text)."</p>";

thanx for all the help.