preg_replace

toshog

hi all..

$pattern = '/( \")([a-z])/i';
$replace = '$1\u$2'; // this doesn;t work

$replace = '\U$1$2\E'; // this either;

echo preg_replace($pattern, $replace, 'Says "sir! No Sir!" To War');

what flags/modifiers should i be using in $replace to get $2 to be uppercase?!

thanks...

toshog

well i know why it's not working... those flags are only for matching not for converting..

now i need to know how to do the conversion....

NogDog

$search = '/(?<=")([a-z])/e';
$replace = 'strtoupper(\\1)';
$result = preg_replace($search, $replace, 'Says "sir! No Sir!" To War');
echo $result;

toshog

cool... thanks...

would you elaborate on this: (?<=")

toshog

toshog wrote:
cool... thanks...

would you elaborate on this: (?<=")

found it:

(?<=pattern)
A zero-width positive look-behind assertion. For example, /(?<=\t)\w+/ matches a word that follows a tab, without including the tab in $&. Works only for fixed-width look-behind.

but a few line below it says:
WARNING: This extended regular expression feature is considered highly experimental, and may be changed or deleted without notice.

thanks....