Preg_Replace AJAX submitted text

[Sbudah]

Hi All,

I have relatively moderate experience with PHP but preg_replace is not one of my strong points. I need HELP with the following:

I have 5 [HTML]<div>[/HTML] tags whose values are sent to a PHP page that creates a textbox with the initial value being whatever was in the posted div (posted using AJAX).

Part of the innerHTML on the div is the link that activates the ajax function:

... [<a href="#" onClick="edit('div1', 'advert');">edit</a>] 
... [<a href="#" onClick="edit('div2', 'content');">edit</a>]

... etc

I would like to strip the text link with the leading dots. I thought preg_replace would be a solution here so I wrote the following (obviously horrible bad)

$pattern 	= '[... \[<a href="#" onclick="edit(\'^[a-zA-Z0-9]\', \'^[a-zA-Z0-9]\');">edit</a> 
[PHP]$replace 	= ' '; 
[PHP]$newValue 	= preg_replace($pattern, $replace, $divContent);

Could someone please help me with the right pattern statement for this?

Thanks

[Dormilich]

idea 1: replace '... [ (link) ]'
this only works, if the construction '... [ ]' is unique to those hyperlinks

$pattern = '@... \[[^\]]\]@';

note: I use '@' as delimiter, but you can use anyone you like

idea 2: when you use AJAX you can as well use javascript to remove the hyperlinks (this depends upon whether they are the only hyperlinks)

a note to your posted pattern:
- '; at the end of statement missing
- final delimiter ( [ ) missing
- invalid delimiter ( [ ) ?
- ^ only at start of pattern or inside a class ( [ ] )