#22732 [Bgs]: eregi_replace function does not find all appearences in a string

[ofjord at simnet dot is]

 ID:               22732
 User updated by:  ofjord at simnet dot is
 Reported By:      ofjord at simnet dot is
 Status:           Bogus
 Bug Type:         *General Issues
 Operating System: windows nt
 PHP Version:      4.3.0
 New Comment:

Thank you for your advice. Now my regex code looks like this and works
perfectly:

  $text = eregi_replace("href=(\")?([_/a-zA-Z0-9]*[.]s?html?)(\"?)",
"href=\\1template1.php?file=\\2\\3", $text);


Previous Comments:
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[2003-03-15 20:33:42] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Actually, it *is* expected behavior.  Your pattern is too greedy and is
actually matching:

ferdatjon_fyrirt_gisting.htm">Gisting</a><BR><BR>
<B>&#149;</B> <a
href="ferdatjon_fyrirt_handverkshus.htm

as your (.*[.]htm) pattern (see how that does match?)

For a solution (making your pattern less greedy), send an email to
[EMAIL PROTECTED] which is the proper forum for this type of
question.  Alternatively you could do some online or book research into
building regex patterns.

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[2003-03-15 18:29:47] ofjord at simnet dot is

I want to parse a HTML document to replace all links to .htm documents
so that the .htm document becomes a parameter in a php script.

Here is the code to replace the links:

  $text = eregi_replace("href=(\")?(.*[.]htm)(\"?)",
"href=\\1template1.php?file=\\2\\3", $text);

This works fine, but only once in each document. This text:

<B>&#149;</B> <a
href="ferdatjon_fyrirt_gisting.htm">Gisting</a><BR><BR>
<B>&#149;</B> <a
href="ferdatjon_fyrirt_handverkshus.htm">Handverkshús</a><BR><BR>

returns:

<B>&#149;</B> <a
href="template1.php?file=ferdatjon_fyrirt_gisting.htm">Gisting</a><BR><BR>
<B>&#149;</B> <a
href="ferdatjon_fyrirt_handverkshus.htm">Handverkshús</a><BR><BR>

Is this a bug?


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