str_replace()

Dan39

Ok I am trying to use the str_replace function to get like a smilies thingy going on here... but it doesnt seem to be working, it just puts it in with nothing replaced...
here is script live.. http://www.blizzgaming.com/test.php (switching servers, may be down)

$test1, and $test2 are coming from fields the user puts in... when i put 🙂 into one of the fields the 🙂 is not replaced when it shows up in db (code right after this code inserts it in)

$smilies = array(":\)",";\)",":\(");
$smiliess = array("<img src=\"http://www.blizzgaming.com/v2/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif\"></img>","<img src=\"http://www.blizzgaming.com/v2/images/smiles/icon_wink.gif\"></img>","<img src=\"http://www.blizzgaming.com/v2/images/smiles/icon_sad.gif\"></img>");
$posty = str_replace($smilies, $smiliess, $test1);
$postyy = str_replace($smilies, $smiliess, $test2);

mrhappiness

you're looking for :) and because of this 🙂 will not be replaced

Dan39

o i thought the ) would mess up the coding so i thougth maybe i had to escape it using \

ill tkae the \'s out of smilies once my gay server gets up, havin problems wit dam nameservers

LoganK

Why are you replacing sad-faced smilies (":(") with "icon_biggrin.gif"? 😃

Edit: This is my 100th post! w00t!

Dan39

im not, the 1st 1 in 1st array is 🙂 and 1st one in 2nd array is biggrin.gif

LoganK

But you're specifying the entire array as a needle...I think I'm getting ahead of myself. N/M. Hope you fixed your problem!

Dan39

what do you mean "needle"?? im just wondering

madwormer2

Needle is what you're looking for "needle in a haystack" as it were.

What's up with the </img> tags? These do not EXIST. If you are trying to be XHTML compliant, its <img src='blah' /> not <img src='blah'></img>

Lol.

Dan39

i was jus doing basic html, forgot if i need </img> or not lol, i guess ill try doing this "XHTML compliant" shizz...

i still have no idea what you mean by the whole needle thing, but do you mean thats its all on 1 long line?

madwormer2

I don't see what your problem is...

<?
$haystack = ':) :( ;)';
$needles = array(":)",":(",";)");
$replacements = array("SMILE","SAD","WINK");
$returned = str_replace($needles, $replacements , $haystack);
?>

This works for me ($returned = SMILE SAD WINK)

Dan39

ok i know what the problem is, i added in those extra \'s cuz i thought the ) would end the array, but i guess since its between parenthesis it dont

LoganK

Madwormer - actually, </img> still is XHTML correct. All HTML tags must be closed, regardless of if you close it by doing a second tag or just by adding a slash onto the end.

Dan - needle as in "needle in the haystack" (or needle as in Halo's needler...maybe not 😉). On the PHP manual for str_replace, it says the parameters are "string needle, string haystack", so no, needle does not mean it's all on one line. What I meant is that you're specifying the entire array as something to look for, which means it probably will not work right. You need to do something like this: str_replace($smilies[0], $smiless, $test1). Better yet, use a loop:


for ($i = 0; $i <= sizeof($smilies); $i++)
{
     str_replace($smilies[$i], $smiliess, $test1);
}

madwormer2

Wow. You learn something new every day 😉

Arrays work by the way, there is no need for this extra doolally

Dan39

thanks, im still just learning, so im not too good at alll the loops, once my nameservers get all set up ill test it out

i would do it on my PHP i got on my comp, but it is messed up, it keeps blabbing about undefined variables and crap

madwormer2

If subject is an array, then the search and replace is performed with every entry of subject, and the return value is an array as well.

If search and replace are arrays, then str_replace() takes a value from each array and uses them to do search and replace on subject. If replace has fewer values than search, then an empty string is used for the rest of replacement values. If search is an array and replace is a string, then this replacement string is used for every value of search. The converse would not make sense, though.

Straight from the PHP manual. NO NEED FOR THE LOOP.

Lol.

Dan39

ok i tested this on my home server, it seems to work (i jus gotta ignore all the stupid undefined variables errors)
better to add to/look through also

$smilies = array(
				":)",
				";)",
				":("
				);
$smiliess = array(
				"<img src=\"http://www.blizzgaming.com/v2/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif\" />",
				"<img src=\"http://www.blizzgaming.com/v2/images/smiles/icon_wink.gif\" />",
				"<img src=\"http://www.blizzgaming.com/v2/images/smiles/icon_sad.gif\" />"
				);
$posty = str_replace($smilies, $smiliess, $test1);
$postyy = str_replace($smilies, $smiliess, $test2);

whoever made this PHP vbcode has to make it scroll instead of wrap lines, kinda messed up the code, harder to read

LoganK

Allright wiseguy...watch out for my LART 😃

/me didn't do his research...