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| From | Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.php |
| Subject | Re: str_replace does not like empty quotes |
| Date | 2014-06-19 20:55 -0400 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <lo00qn$pmc$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <1kcemjreijezv$.k2q3x4bl6eoc.dlg@40tude.net> <J_Kov.32084$LR3.8021@fx28.iad> |
On 6/19/2014 8:11 PM, Lew Pitcher wrote:
> On Thursday 19 June 2014 19:33, in comp.lang.php, "richard"
> <noreply@example.com> wrote:
>
>> $a=str_replace($a,"\","");
>>
>> This generates the error: Unexpected "".
>
> Of course it does. You are trying to replace all the strings that match $a
> with "\" in an empty string ("").
>
>> http://www.php.net//manual/en/function.str-replace.php
>>
>> While here in the manual, they do precisely the same thing!
>
> To quote the webpage:
> # str_replace — Replace all occurrences of the search string with the
> # replacement string
> # Description
> # mixed str_replace ( mixed $search , mixed $replace , mixed $subject
> # [, int &$count ] )
> #
> # This function returns a string or an array with all occurrences of search
> # in subject replaced with the given replace value.
>
> Note that "search" is the first parameter, "replace" is the second,
> and "subject" is the third.
>
> So, your
> str_replace($a,"\","");
> will return a string or array with all occurrences of
> the contents of $a
> in
> ""
> with the given
> "\"
> value
>
>
> What you apparently want is
> str_replace("\","",$a);
>
>> <quote>
>> If search and replace are arrays, then str_replace() takes a value from
>> each array and uses them to search and replace on subject. If replace has
>> fewer values than search, then an empty string is used for the rest of
>> replacement values. If search is an array and replace is a string, then
>> this replacement string is used for every value of search. The converse
>> would not make sense, though.
>> </quote>
>
>
Lew,
Not quite. Hint: think escape character...
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str_replace does not like empty quotes richard <noreply@example.com> - 2014-06-19 19:33 -0400
Re: str_replace does not like empty quotes Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-06-19 20:09 -0400
Re: str_replace does not like empty quotes Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2014-06-19 20:11 -0400
Re: str_replace does not like empty quotes Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-06-19 20:55 -0400
Re: str_replace does not like empty quotes Doug Miller <doug_at_milmac_dot_com@example.com> - 2014-06-20 03:23 +0000
Re: str_replace does not like empty quotes Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-06-20 09:31 +0200
Re: str_replace does not like empty quotes Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2014-06-20 03:19 +0200
Re: str_replace does not like empty quotes Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2014-06-20 03:21 +0200
Re: str_replace does not like empty quotes Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-06-19 21:33 -0400
Re: str_replace does not like empty quotes Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2014-06-20 04:06 +0200
Re: str_replace does not like empty quotes Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-06-19 22:26 -0400
Re: str_replace does not like empty quotes richard <noreply@example.com> - 2014-06-19 22:13 -0400
Re: str_replace does not like empty quotes Doug Miller <doug_at_milmac_dot_com@example.com> - 2014-06-20 03:26 +0000
Re: str_replace does not like empty quotes Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2014-06-20 11:01 +0200
Re: str_replace does not like empty quotes Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2014-06-20 11:02 +0200
Re: str_replace does not like empty quotes Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2014-06-20 15:38 +0000
Re: str_replace does not like empty quotes Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2014-06-20 15:32 +0000
Re: str_replace does not like empty quotes Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2014-06-20 01:59 +0000
Re: str_replace does not like empty quotes Doug Miller <doug_at_milmac_dot_com@example.com> - 2014-06-20 03:25 +0000
Re: str_replace does not like empty quotes Geoff Muldoon <geoff.muldoon@trap.gmail.com> - 2014-06-20 16:10 +1000
Re: str_replace does not like empty quotes Christoph Michael Becker <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2014-06-20 13:48 +0200
Re: str_replace does not like empty quotes Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2014-06-20 15:40 +0000
Re: str_replace does not like empty quotes Geoff Muldoon <geoff.muldoon@trap.gmail.com> - 2014-06-22 10:05 +1000
Re: str_replace does not like empty quotes Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-06-21 20:08 -0400
Re: str_replace does not like empty quotes Geoff Muldoon <geoff.muldoon@trap.gmail.com> - 2014-06-23 09:20 +1000
Re: str_replace does not like empty quotes Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-06-22 20:44 -0400
Re: str_replace does not like empty quotes Geoff Muldoon <geoff.muldoon@trap.gmail.com> - 2014-06-23 16:33 +1000
Re: str_replace does not like empty quotes Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-06-23 09:07 -0400
Re: str_replace does not like empty quotes Geoff Muldoon <geoff.muldoon@trap.gmail.com> - 2014-06-24 12:34 +1000
Re: str_replace does not like empty quotes Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-06-23 23:07 -0400
Re: str_replace does not like empty quotes Doug Miller <doug_at_milmac_dot_com@example.com> - 2014-06-24 11:12 +0000
Re: str_replace does not like empty quotes Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-06-24 08:01 -0400
Re: str_replace does not like empty quotes Olaf Schmitt <thesys@gmx.de> - 2014-06-24 08:13 +0200
Re: str_replace does not like empty quotes Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2014-06-24 10:44 +0200
Re: str_replace does not like empty quotes Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2014-06-24 18:48 +0000
Re: str_replace does not like empty quotes Christoph Michael Becker <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2014-06-24 21:53 +0200
Re: str_replace does not like empty quotes Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-06-24 22:08 +0200
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