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Re: str_replace does not like empty quotes

From Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de>
Newsgroups comp.lang.php
Subject Re: str_replace does not like empty quotes
Date 2014-06-20 09:31 +0200
Organization PointedEars Software (PES)
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Lew Pitcher wrote:

> On Thursday 19 June 2014 19:33, in comp.lang.php, "richard"
> <noreply@example.com> wrote:

It is called attribution *line*, _not_ attribution novel.

>> $a=str_replace($a,"\","");
                     '---'
>> This generates the error: Unexpected "".

The *actual* error message is

,----
| $ php -r '$a=str_replace($a,"\","");'
| PHP Parse error:  syntax error, unexpected '"' in Command line code on 
      ^^^^^^^^^^^   ^^^^^^^^^^^^             ^^^
| line 1
`----

with

,----
| $ php -v
| PHP 5.6.0beta4 (cli) (built: Jun 10 2014 16:51:46) 
| Copyright (c) 1997-2014 The PHP Group
| Zend Engine v2.6.0-dev, Copyright (c) 1998-2014 Zend Technologies
|     with Zend OPcache v7.0.4-dev, Copyright (c) 1999-2014, by Zend 
| Technologies
|     with Xdebug v2.2.4, Copyright (c) 2002-2014, by Derick Rethans
`----

Note the *single-quoted* double-quote in the error message.

> Of course it does. You are trying to replace all the strings that match $a
> with "\" in an empty string ("").

No, he does not.  The *main* error here is a *syntax* error.  I have marked 
the string literal in the statement above (as always, use a fixed-width 
font), so that you can see the trailing <"> better.

Note the *escaped* double-quote in the string literal.  Note where the 
string literal starts and where it therefore ends, which syntax-highlighting 
shows in any decent PHP editor (such as Eclipse PDT).
 

PointedEars
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When all you know is jQuery, every problem looks $(olvable).

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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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