regexp / pregmatch issue (color everything inside " ")

[mastrboy]

been twisting my head for hours trying to figure this out,

this is my current approach:

$string = preg_replace('/"\/(.+?)\/"/', '<span style="color: green;">/"/\\1/"/</span>', $string);

but it's not working 🙁

i want everything inside of " " have a certain color..

like f eks: "just like this"

[xblue]

Where have you got this pattern from? It does not do what you describe, it searches for something wrapped in quotes and slash, like "/some text/".

Then, second, I would always suggest to avoid ungreedy matching where possible.
/"([^"]+)"/

Lastly, there seem to be a few additional slashes in the replacement argument as well.