CODEWITHSUNDEEP
phpregexpreg-replace
cgweb87
cgweb87

Reputation: 461

preg_replace not working or am I doing it wrong?

I have this as part of a preg_replace array

// CENTER ITEMS
$pattern[5] = '/\[center\](.*?)\[\/center\]/i';
$replace[5] = "<div class=\"centerText\">$1</div>";

It works as long as whatever it is finding is like

[center]lol[/center]

But if the text is like

[center]hello

my name is steve [/center]

It does not work how can I solve this?

Thanks

Upvotes: 0

Views: 85

Answers (1)

danielrsmith
danielrsmith

Reputation: 4060

Add the "s" modifier, which will include newlines in the match text.

s (PCRE_DOTALL) If this modifier is set, a dot metacharacter in the pattern matches all characters, including newlines. Without it, newlines are excluded. This modifier is equivalent to Perl's /s modifier. A negative class such as [^a] always matches a newline character, independent of the setting of this modifier.

http://www.php.net/manual/en/reference.pcre.pattern.modifiers.php

Upvotes: 1

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