A simple preg_replace escaping problem

[Ciaran]

Hi I'm having trouble running the following preg_replace:

$thestring = preg_replace( '!<a href="javascrip t:radio(&#39;/0radio/
stream.php?radi oID=(.*?)&#39;) " class="radioPla y">(.*?)</a>!' ,
"[radio:\\1]", $thestring );

Can anyone help me escape the &#39; apostrophe? I've tried all
combinations of \ in front of the &#39; characters but nothing seems
to work.

Cheers,
Ciarán

[Paul Lautman]

Re: A simple preg_replace escaping problem

Ciaran wrote:

Hi I'm having trouble running the following preg_replace:
>
$thestring = preg_replace( '!<a href="javascrip t:radio(&#39;/0radio/
stream.php?radi oID=(.*?)&#39;) " class="radioPla y">(.*?)</a>!' ,
"[radio:\\1]", $thestring );
>
Can anyone help me escape the &#39; apostrophe? I've tried all
combinations of \ in front of the &#39; characters but nothing seems
to work.
>
Cheers,
Ciarán

Take a look at preg_quote()

[Ciaran]

Re: A simple preg_replace escaping problem

On Apr 24, 7:52 pm, "Paul Lautman" <paul.laut...@b tinternet.com>
wrote:

Ciaran wrote:

Hi I'm having trouble running the following preg_replace:

>

$thestring = preg_replace( '!<a href="javascrip t:radio(&#39;/0radio/
stream.php?radi oID=(.*?)&#39;) " class="radioPla y">(.*?)</a>!' ,
"[radio:\\1]", $thestring );

>

Can anyone help me escape the &#39; apostrophe? I've tried all
combinations of \ in front of the &#39; characters but nothing seems
to work.

>

Cheers,
Ciarán

>
Take a look at preg_quote()

Ah! Very handy! Thanks a lot!

[Paul Lautman]

Re: A simple preg_replace escaping problem

Ciaran wrote:

On Apr 24, 7:52 pm, "Paul Lautman" <paul.laut...@b tinternet.com>
wrote:

>Ciaran wrote:

Hi I'm having trouble running the following preg_replace:

>>

$thestring = preg_replace( '!<a
href="javascrip t:radio(&#39;/0radio/
stream.php?radi oID=(.*?)&#39;) " class="radioPla y">(.*?)</a>!' ,
"[radio:\\1]", $thestring );

>>

Can anyone help me escape the &#39; apostrophe? I've tried all
combinations of \ in front of the &#39; characters but nothing
seems to work.

>>

Cheers,
Ciarán

>>
>Take a look at preg_quote()

>
>
Ah! Very handy! Thanks a lot!

Although I always thought that preg_escape() would have been a better name.

[Michael Fesser]

Re: A simple preg_replace escaping problem

..oO(Paul Lautman)

>Ciaran wrote:

>On Apr 24, 7:52 pm, "Paul Lautman" <paul.laut...@b tinternet.com>
>wrote:
>>

>>Take a look at preg_quote()

>>
>Ah! Very handy! Thanks a lot!

>
>Although I always thought that preg_escape() would have been a better name.

function preg_escape($st r, $delimiter = NULL) {
return preg_quote($str , $delimiter);
}

SCNR
Micha