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mortaZa
mortaZa

Reputation: 115

preg_replace() <Char /> tags

I have this xml:

<RandomAlphaCharsA attr1="value1" attr2="value2 attrX="valueX" />
<RandomAlphaCharsB attr1="value1" attr2="value2 attrX="valueX" />

I need to strip the following:

<RandomAlphaCharsX and />, preserving only the attributes/values.

I tried this pattern:

$str = '<RandomAlphaChars attr1="value1" attr2="value2 attrX="valueX" />';

$str = preg_replace( "#<\w+[\s]{1}#", "", $str, -1 );`
var_dump( $str );

//it echoes string(46) "attr1="value1" attr2="value2 attrX="valueX" />"

This pattern in the other hand matches the closing tag:

preg_replace("#/>#", "", $str, -1);

How can I put them together in a single regexp?

Obviously, this is not working preg_replace("#<\w+[\s]{1}/>#", "", $str, -1);

I need to somehow exclude all kind of characters between <RandomAlphaChars and /> and I need some help with that.

Edit: Wow you are fast. All answers work great!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 50

Answers (3)

sikhlana
sikhlana

Reputation: 95

Here's mine:

$str = preg_replace('#<\w+\s+(.*?)\s*/>#s', '$1', $str);

Upvotes: 1

vks
vks

Reputation: 67968

<\S+|\/>

This should match both.See demo.

http://regex101.com/r/nW4yD9/1

Upvotes: 2

Toto
Toto

Reputation: 91385

Join them with the or operator | :

$str = preg_replace( "#<\w+\s+|\s+/>#", "", $str);`

Upvotes: 1

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