Re: str_replace does not like empty quotes

From	Doug Miller <doug_at_milmac_dot_com@example.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.php
Subject	Re: str_replace does not like empty quotes
Date	2014-06-20 03:26 +0000
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<XnsA351EE5CEC0F8dougmilmaccom@78.46.70.116> (permalink)
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richard <noreply@example.com> wrote in news:7heper378zqa.dovihixf4du2.dlg@
40tude.net:

> On Fri, 20 Jun 2014 03:19:53 +0200, Arno Welzel wrote:
> 
>> 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,"\"","");
>> 
>> 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 -> "
> 
> That could be the problem as some times the \ shows and some times it
> doesn't.
> I've tried several combinatiosn, still the \ remains.
> 
> As for the technically correct proper order it is
> search, replace, subject.

Indeed it is. But that's not what you're doing. And that's why it doesn't work.

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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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