need some str_replace help...

joey3002

I have script that grabs data, however, it seems to be only grabbing up to the first Is it something with this:

				if ($item == -1) $description = str_replace("/description","",strip_tags(ltrim(rtrim(str_replace("![CDATA[","",str_replace("]]","",htmlspecialchars_decode_php4($parsefile[($j + 1)])))))));
				else $items[$item]['description'] = str_replace("/description","",strip_tags(ltrim(rtrim(str_replace("![CDATA[","",str_replace("]]","",htmlspecialchars_decode_php4($parsefile[($j + 1)])))))));

Thanks

joey3002

here is what the source data looks like:

<description><![CDATA[

Experienced Telemarketer Needed---We are looking for the best. Others need not apply.
 
Position Overview:
 
We are hiring a highly motivated and seasoned telemarketer to join our team of inside sales professionals.
 
 
Or call Andrew @ x239 ]]></description>

NogDog

joey3002;10882873 wrote:

I have script that grabs data, however, it seems to be only grabbing up to the first Is it something with this:

				if ($item == -1) $description = str_replace("/description","",strip_tags(ltrim(rtrim(str_replace("![CDATA[","",str_replace("]]","",htmlspecialchars_decode_php4($parsefile[($j + 1)])))))));
				else $items[$item]['description'] = str_replace("/description","",strip_tags(ltrim(rtrim(str_replace("![CDATA[","",str_replace("]]","",htmlspecialchars_decode_php4($parsefile[($j + 1)])))))));

Thanks

Just in case anyone else wants to try to actually read this:

<?php
if ($item == -1) {
   $description = str_replace(
      "/description", 
      "", 
      strip_tags(
         ltrim(
            rtrim(
               str_replace(
                  "![CDATA[", 
                  "", 
                  str_replace(
                     "]]", 
                     "", 
                     htmlspecialchars_decode_php4($parsefile[($j+1)])
                  )
               )
            )
         )
      )
   );
}
else {
   $items[$item]['description'] = str_replace(
      "/description",
      "",
      strip_tags(
         ltrim(
            rtrim(
               str_replace(
                  "![CDATA[",
                  "",
                  str_replace(
                     "]]",
                     "",
                     htmlspecialchars_decode_php4($parsefile[($j+1)])
                  )
               )
            )
         )
      )
   );
}
?>

nrg_alpha

I have to grab hold of a railing when viewing stuff like this, otherwise I'm liable to fall.

Weedpacket

Bonus points for this bit:

        ltrim(
            rtrim(

bretticus

Weedpacket;10882904 wrote:
Bonus points for this bit:
        ltrim(
            rtrim(

If you don't trim the spaces from the left side first, the space-time continuum will be unbalanced resulting in an antimatter explosion and the reverse of the Big Bang!!!

On a more serious note: There are much easier ways to parse XML!

joey3002

sorry, the code is a bit old.. however it has alot of function other than this so no need to change scripts now. maybe down the road.. but right now this is the only issue I am having with it..

any help?

Weedpacket

It was badly written when it was new (sometime after PHP 5 was released, because it contains what from the name looks like a function designed to emulate one introduced in php4.3). The whole point of source code is to be legible to human beings.

There's nothing in that code that has anything to do with tags. It takes an element of an array (how the data you've shown us is stored in the array is not explained, though I'm going to make a wild guess at it being one line per element), does a lot of stuff to it, and then (depending on the value of a variable the nature of which is not explained) puts it either into a variable $description, or a variable $items[$item]['description'].

On the basis of what you say seems to be happening, and on the basis that you presumably have some reason to suspect that line (because it's the hardest to understand, perhaps?) I'm going to go way out on a cliché here and suspect that you're only getting an empty string (you don't say what you are getting) because you're only looking at what happens to the first line - "<description><![CDATA[" (the line after that reads " ").

If the entire chunk of text you've shown us is stored in a single element of the array, and if it's all passed through that (if my suspicions as to its intention are correct, wildly unreliable) mess the result is

<



Experienced Telemarketer Needed---We are looking for the best. Others need not apply.

Position Overview:

We are hiring a highly motivated and seasoned telemarketer to join our team of inside sales professionals.


Or call Andrew @ x239 >

joey3002

ok another example of it failing:

This is what the data is:
"Hi,
I have two 14 week old kittens that I just adopted from the SPCA. They are in perfect health, up to date on all their shots and have all their micro-chip paperwork."

This is what is in the DB:
"Hi,"

Except the " "

Hope this helps someone to help me.. thanks again.

joey3002

adding more info as I look at the DB.

It appears it gets data as long as there is no As soon as it sees a it thinks its at the end of the description..

Weedpacket

But

Hi,
I have two 14 week old kittens that I just adopted from the SPCA. They are in perfect health, up to date on all their shots and have all their micro-chip paperwork.

has no .
Looks to me more like it's only keeping the first line.

But as I said earlier, I think the problem is somewhere else. You say this is old code? How did it manage to suddenly stop working then? Or has it been broken all along?

joey3002

well I have some data from some items that include everything as long as there is no

joey3002

can anyone help?