[RESOLVED] Search/replace on content from remote URL

jms

I've been trying everything with no luck. Basic setup: I'm pulling the body contents from a remote URL and I want to find and replace some patterns on the content I've pulled.

I've tried ereg_replace, eregi_replace, and str_replace - they seem to ignore the content and not replace anything. If I try preg_replace, the content disappears. Here's the basic idea of what I'm doing - apparently there is something I'm not understanding about my string from the file_get_contents. $a is my URL, that part works just fine - just not any replacement of any kind.

$content = file_get_contents($a);
$content = eregi_replace("pattern", "replacement", $content);
echo ($content);

Any ideas?

bpat1434

If the replacement doesn't work, then it's your pattern and replacement pattern that is wrong, not the code.... what are the patterns you're using?

jms

Here is a sample page:

http://www.garybland.com/search.php?Task=Search&dbid=dbid1146971390&GetTime=yes&Show=Full&WhatNumber=1&WhatPage=39

One of the pattern I'm trying to use unsuccessfully:

$content = eregi_replace("search.php?Task=New&dbid=dbid1146971390&Thumbnail=", "", $content);

liquorvicar

If you're doing a simple search and replace (i.e. on an exact string and not a pattern) use str_replace (or the case-insensitive version) rather than any of the regex functions.

bpat1434

jms:

1.) Your pattern needs tweaking. "." means any character. "?" means 0 or 1. If you want literals, you need to escape them with a back-slash "\".

2.) If you're just replacing that line, use str_replace....