On 13/11/06, Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
<?php
function makeLink($matches) {
$returnString="<b>" . $matches[1] . "</b>";
return $returnString;
}
$articleText="This is a very [long] string.";
$articleText=preg_replace_callback('/\[([a-z]+)\]/i' , "makeLink",
$articleText);
print $articleText . "\n";
?>
The callback takes whatever the regular expressions returns (alpha
characters between [ and ]) and runs it through function "makeLink".
Not sure how that will go with multiple []'s etc in the same string but
it should get you started.
I didn't know that I had to call the function like that- I don't
remember ever seeing it called that way. Also, I must google the
meaning of the (~+) in the regex.
Thank you very much, Chris. I very much appreciate the assistance.
Know that I am learning, not just asking for hand-holding!
Dotan Cohen
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