[RESOLVED] preg_replace powers are low

vaaaska

And today regex boggles me a little more...I simply can't figure this out. I'll post the simple idea but it obviously won't work. I'm trying to replace any instances where there are more than one '/'. So, '//' would become '/' and '/////' would also become '/' but '/' would remain '/'.

Help...

$search = "/?/+$";
$replace = '';

echo preg_replace($search,$replace,'/a//////url//and/shizznit/');

madwormer2

Ooh ooh, this one's an easy one!

<?php
 $search = "/\/+/";
$replace = '/'; 
echo preg_replace($search,$replace,'/a//////url//and/shizznit/'); 
?>

I recommend getting the regex coach. It helped me to learn 😛

The regular expression is a repetition which matches the character '/' as often as possible but at least once.

It even gives little info bits 😛

vaaaska

I recommend getting the regex coach. It helped me to learn 😛

When I read this I imagined Bill Murray dressed in a light blue trainers outfit instructing me in regex.

What is the 'regex coach' and where do I find it? I'm woefully inept as you can see when it comes to regex.

Sayian

regex is evil.

but ... heres a shitload of paterns.

http://www.regexplib.com/DisplayPatterns.aspx

madwormer2

Well, a search for merely "regex" in google produces the top result of "Regex Coach"

http://www.weitz.de/regex-coach/

All it really does is show you the result of your regex in realtime, so as you type, it does the regex.

But you know what they say, the best way to learn is to dive in and try it yourself... I think...

vaaaska

madwormer2 wrote:
Well, a search for merely "regex" in google produces the top result of "Regex Coach"

http://www.weitz.de/regex-coach/

All it really does is show you the result of your regex in realtime, so as you type, it does the regex.

But you know what they say, the best way to learn is to dive in and try it yourself... I think...

This is why I've never heard of it...

...Windows and Linux/x86...

Some of use folks use Macs. Sayian...I'll never forget that link again! 😉

Merci...v

madwormer2

I feel sorry for the disabled...

Sayian

After writing paterns in regex for longer then 15 minutes, i feel disabled.