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Re: str_replace does not like empty quotes

From Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net>
Newsgroups comp.lang.php
Subject Re: str_replace does not like empty quotes
Date 2014-06-19 21:33 -0400
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
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On 6/19/2014 9:21 PM, Arno Welzel wrote:
> Arno Welzel, 2014-06-20 03:19:
> 
>> richard, 2014-06-20 01:33:
>>
>>> $a=str_replace($a,"\","");
>>>
>>> This generates the error: Unexpected "".
>>>
>>> http://www.php.net//manual/en/function.str-replace.php
>>>
>>> While here in the manual, they do precisely the same thing!
>>
>> No - they don't!
>>
>> Use: $a=str_replace($a,"\"","");
> 
> Sorry - of course: $a=str_replace("\"","",$a);
> 
> Since the order of the parameters is
> 
> 1) What to search 
> 2) What to replace
> 3) Where to search in
> 
>> Beware of the double quotes, since \ starts an escape - this means, the
>> meaning of the second quote (") is NOT "end string here".
>>
>> To make this more clear:
>>
>>
>> " <- String starts here. \" <- This just ONE character  end here -> "
> 
> 

Arno, that will replace the double quotes ("), which doesn't look like
what Richard wants.

But why help him when all he does is insult the same people who try to
help him?  That's exactly why I didn't just give him the answer in the
first place (not to mention the fact he's asked similar questions
before, and has still failed to learn).

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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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