eregi() problem

macGerhard

Hi there,

I've been struggling with this for hours and I don't appear to get it sorted. I checked all my PHP books, PHP.net & Google but I simply can't figure this one out. There are only 2 possibilities:
1.I am dum
2.I am tired.

For some reason I prefer the 2nd option 😃 .

function make_links($string) {
$pattern = 'link[[:punct:]]+[a-zA-Z]+';
eregi($pattern, $string, $matches);
print count($matches)." ";
foreach ($matches as $current_match) {
print $current_match.' ';
}
}

The problem with this script is that it says it found a single match while I know there are 2 in $string.

This is the simplified version of the whole problem. The finality is having strings like %adobe😮fficial Website:_parent% in the text itself and have them replaced by proper HTML links.

LordShryku

eregi will only find the first match. If you want to catch all matches, try using [man]preg_match_all[/man].

macGerhard

Yes - not even using the right function to start with :rolleyes: ...

Thanks a lot - will give it a go straight away 😉.

macGerhard

Well, I did replace it but things just don't appear to be working. I must be really thick these days... 🙁

function make_links($string) {
$pattern = 'link[[:punct:]]+[a-zA-Z]+';
preg_match_all($pattern, $string, $matches);
print count($matches)." ";
foreach ($matches as $current_match) {
print $current_match.' ';
}
}

GET ME OUT OF HERE!

Weedpacket

Originally posted by macGerhard
Well, I did replace it but things just don't appear to be working. I must be really thick these days... 🙁

function make_links($string) {
$pattern = 'link[[:punct:]]+[a-zA-Z]+';
preg_match_all($pattern, $string, $matches);
print count($matches)." ";
foreach ($matches as $current_match) {
print $current_match.' ';
}
}

GET ME OUT OF HERE!

You forgot to upgrade the regexp to use PCRE syntax.

 $pattern = '/link[[:punct:]]+[a-z]+/i';

macGerhard

Nope, it still won't work.

I think that I had enough of this... I will find another way around it (do extra work if needs be) but I've spent enough time trying to figure this one out...

Thanks a lot guys 😉. Now I know where to come when I get really stuck with PHP :p.