[RESOLVED] Need help with preg_replace() !!

[kristo5747]

Greetings!

I am new with preg_replace(). Consider the following string taken out of a flat file:

...<stuff before>...
Receiver ID read from STB|000867493231Receiver ID read from label|000867493231
...<stuff after>...

I need to replace this string to that (notice the red bolded pipe symbol before the 2nd occurence of the word Receiver):

...<stuff before>...
Receiver ID read from STB|000867493231|Receiver ID read from label|000867493231
...<stuff after>...

So I wrote this script to test preg_replace():

<?php
                $section="Receiver ID read from STB|000867493231Receiver ID read from label|000867493231";

           $okay = preg_match('/[0-9]+\Receiver/', $section);
            if ( $okay == 1 ) {   echo "Match found!\n";   } 
           else {  echo "Match not found!\n";    }

            $section = preg_replace('/[0-9]+\Receiver/','|$1', $section);
            echo $section;
?>

Even though I find a match, the replacement statement does not work. Instead, I get this

Receiver ID read from STB|| ID read from label|000867493231

What am I doing wrong here? Can someone please help me? Thank you.

Al.

[kristo5747]

I solved my problem.😃

All I had to do was this

preg_replace("/([0-9])(Receiver)/"  , "$1|$2", $section);

To get the result I wanted:

Receiver ID read from STB|000867493231|Receiver ID read from label|000867493231

Thanks!

Al.