regualr expression with exeption

hello ,

i need regular expressions for 2 cases to get ' but not \' ( just single quotations)
and the same for double quotations.. so " but not \"

can somebody help ??

thanks a lot for take the time ..

So... you just want to match an unescaped quote (single or double) in a string? Try something like this for a pattern:

$pattern = '/(?<!\\\\)(\'|")/';

EDIT: Woops, pattern wasn't quite right.. should be fixed now.

cool ... you did more than i was looking for 😉

but could u do this for both types once at a time please ??

because its its normally one or the other

or/and is there a way to get a mixed way in one reg

and can u get something for the following?

$array['foo'] = "string with lorem\n ipsum's and <tags>\n\n\n";

so that i get the foo and the string from a preg_split ???

and even better get foo 0 and the string???

$array['foo'][0] = "string\'s with lorem\n ipsum's and <tags>\n\n\n";

even the 0 is empty like this

$array['foo'][] = "string\'s with lorem\n ipsum's and <tags>\n\n\n";

but the first woulds do it for me so far ..

thx a lot