- don't use /^ .. $/ if you want to replace all occurences. ^ and $ refer
to the very start and end of the whole string
and make no sense at all - at least in this case. your regexp will not
match at all unless $var contains only a
single variable and nothing more
- either capture (something) by brackets, otherwise use \\0 instead of \\1
- you forgot the "&" : try [\$\&]?\$
- [a-zA-Z][0-9]+ most variable names will not match this expr except
things like $a089666. do you name all of your
variables like this ?! [a-zA-Z_][\w\d\_]* is a good approach I guess but
some more characters are valid (RTFM:
"Variables - BASICS")
- "$" is no good here as stated below
uli
At 02:30 03.07.02 +0800, you wrote:
>On Wednesday 03 July 2002 01:59, Martin Clifford wrote:
>> Even this:
>>
>> $output = preg_replace("/^[\$]{1,2}[a-zA-Z][0-9]+$/", "<b>\\1</b>", $var);
>> echo $output;
>>
>> Doesn't work. It just takes whatever you put into $var, then puts it into
>> $output, and outputs it to the screen.
>>
>> I want to change anything resembling a PHP variable, i.e. $var, $$var or
>> &$var to <b>$var</b>. Any ideas on how to do that?
>
>Don't use "" strings unless you need variable expansion.
>
>Try:
>
>'/^\${1,2}[ ....
>
>
>... actually try RTFM, the section on variables gives you a regex definition
>of acceptable PHP variables!
>
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