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phppreg-replace
m3hdi
m3hdi

Reputation: 383

remove all quote using regexp

I want to remove all quotes from a string INCLUDE nested quotes.

it does not works for nested qoutes:

preg_replace("/\[quote(.*?)\](.*?)\[\/quote\]/i","", $text);

this works for something like:

[quote=admin]Welcome to RegExr 0.3b, an intuitive tool for learning, writing, and testing Regular Expressions. Key features include: [/quote]

but not for:

[quote=admin]Welcome to RegExr 0.3b, [quote] an intuitive tool for learning, [/quote] writing, and testing Regular Expressions. Key features include: [/quote]

would like to remove all qoute blocks

Upvotes: 0

Views: 223

Answers (3)

Danoosh
Danoosh

Reputation: 169

/\[quote.*?\](.*?)\[\/quote\]((\s)*(\[\/quote])*)*/gis

It's working but it's not complete.

Note that after [/quote] there is next [/quote] and next and ... and there isn't anything else. This code remove all quotes that quoted but not multiple quotes like:

[quote] ... [quote]...[/quote] ... [quote]...[/quote] ... [/quote]

Upvotes: 1

Thorsten
Thorsten

Reputation: 5644

I think your mistake simply is the question mark in your expression.

Try preg_replace("/\[quote(.*?)\](.*)\[\/quote\]/i","", $text);

With your example posted in your edit:

$text = '[quote=admin]Welcome to RegExr 0.3b, [quote] an intuitive tool for learning, [/quote] writing, and testing Regular Expressions. Key features include: [/quote]';
$cleared = preg_replace("/\[quote(.*?)\](.*)\[\/quote\]/i","", $text);

var_dump($cleared);
// -> string(0) ""

Upvotes: 1

egis
egis

Reputation: 1412

Why not str_replace('"', '', $string);?

Edit: this is wrong answer. I've misread the question.

Upvotes: -1

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