[RESOLVED] A little preg_replace problem

[Tim_Silva]

Hi,

For some reason I cannot get the colom [ : ] to be replaced with a hyphen [ - ].
Instead it only disappears and also removes the following space. So that, "attention: don't click here!" becomes "attentiondont-click-here "

What I would like to get is: attention-dont-click-here

$patterns[] = '@[/\\\.: ]@';
$replacements[] = '-';

$patterns[] = '/[!,"\'\%\?]|--/';
$replacements[] = ''; 

Thanks,

Tim

[laserlight]

The hyphen is also used to denote a range, so you need to escape it.

[Tim_Silva]

You mean colom? Even after I escape it the output is the same.

$patterns[] = '@[/\\\.\: ]@';
$replacements[] = '-';

$patterns[] = '/[!,"\'\%\?]|--/';
$replacements[] = '';

...or maybe I did not understand.

Thanks

[Tim_Silva]

The colom was in the wrong pattern section. It should be like this:

$patterns[] = '@[/\\\ ]@';
$replacements[] = '-';

$patterns[] = '/[!.:,"\'\%\?]|--/';
$replacements[] = ''; 

Thanks

Tim