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[^abc]+ matches any (nonempty) string which does not contain any of a, b and c (such as defg) i.e. the individual *characters*
All fair and good.
But how do i match any nonempty *string* with is not 'abc' (i.e. the whole word abc NOT just any of the individual characters)
<?php
$string = "def";
if(!empty($string)){
if(strpos($string,"abc") === false){
return true;
}
else{
return false;
}
}
?>
Andrew
Thanks. I know i dont need regular expressions and your solution would work, but thats actually part of a complicated regex that all works, except that part!
Any regex experts out there?
Cheers
Try this:
<?php
$string = "dkjsdglkrfngabcjdjfgd";
$match_length = preg_match("&!(abc)&", $string, $matches);
var_dump($matches);
?>
Andrew
What I'm actually trying to do is remove everthing in a page of html from <html> to the first <table
I know this can be done in PHP but this is just the start of the replacement I need to create so I'd like to do it in regex as its easier to build on.
in terms of your example:
$string = "dkjsdglkrfBngABCjdjfgd";
$match_length = preg_match("/glk[^ABC]*/", $string, $matches);
var_dump($matches);
exit();
should return 'glkrfBng' but it actually returns 'glkrf' because it stops on the first B not the whole ABC
Cheers
Okay, try this:
<?php
header("Content-Type: text/plain");
$string = "<html><head><title>Cool WebSite</title></head><body><table><tr>etc.";
$string = preg_replace("$<html>(.*)<table>$", "<html><table>", $string);
var_dump($string);
?>
Andrew
