preg_replace - ignoring ?

[lucilue2003]

Hello,

I did this :
$html = preg_replace ("'<.?xml.?<!-- /template[^{>]*?>'si","",$html);}

and it says that fatal error. instruction took longer than 30 seconds.

I have some text like
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
....
<!-- /template topPage -->

and i want to remove everthing in between and itself.
replace all and including <?xml ..... to ... template topPage -->

Thanks.

[laserlight]

You could try

$html_array = explode('<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>', $html);
if (count($html_array) == 2) {
	$temp = explode('<!-- /template topPage -->', $html_array[1]);
	if (count($temp) == 2) {
		$html = $html_array[0] . $temp[1];
	}
}

perhaps substituting explode() with [man]preg_split/man if you really need regex.

[lucilue2003]

well that brought about this little thing.

</div>1

</div></td>
</tr>
</table>

i want to get rid of that entire thing.
Also, it might have 11111 , but i want to get rid of from </div> to any # of 1's to </table>

Thanks.

[Weedpacket]

The expression looks a bit dodgy. Hang on a tick. I'll write this with comments. If you remove, the extra whitespace, and the escape characters protecting those three spaces in the comment, you can drop the x modifier.

'<\?xml  # the start of the XML tag
.*?> # Assuming the XML declaration might change (?)
.*?   # Generic Stuff
<!--\ /template\ topPage\ --> # Up to here.
'xs

Replace that with the empty string and that sounds like what you're originally asking for. It's not clear how your reply relates.

[lucilue2003]

Hi, thanks for that... it does seem to be a bit easier.

However, i'm still at a bind with this:

</div>1

</div></td>
</tr>
</table>

how do i erase all that ?

[lucilue2003]

Can some1 please advice on how to remove

</div>1

</div></td>
</tr>
</table>

Its located inside this: $html

I need help with the preg_replace.

Thanks.