A couple of folks sent this pattern [EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]; but, it doesn't work because I then have to remove the unwanted caracters on either side.
All it says is [not @[EMAIL PROTECTED]@] but, it captures the 2 characters on each side.
Murry's solution (?<!@)@(?!@) is good since it only captures the "@"
Thanks everyone....
Murray @ PlanetThoughtful wrote:
What pattern can I use to match ONLY single occurrences of a character in a string.
e.g., "Some text @ and some mo@@re and [EMAIL PROTECTED], etc @@@.
I only want the two occurrences with a single occurrence of "@".
@{1} doesn't work; there are 4 matches.
Thanks....
Please ignore my last email re: your question. I realized that the negation of the range containing the "@" would end up capturing unwanted characters.
As an alternative, try the following:
preg_match_all('/(?<!@)@(?!@)/','Some @ text with the @t sym@@bol @@@@ ',
$thing, PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE);
print_r($thing);
Hope that's a little more relevant to your question.
Regards,
Murray
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