PHP String Replace

hehee, no worries. PHP.net has great info. It's just a bear [for me] to
search through and read sometimes. Probably b/c by the time you're going
there, you're all bug-eyed and crossy anyway.

> Actually, it does. In strings delimited with double quotes (0x22), PHP
>
> understands ... escape sequences for special characters [and]
> variable names will be expanded.

This makes sense to me now. I had experienced some problems with this (the
other guy codes for new lines) but just wrote it off to ... well...I guess
exactly what it was, syntax. I had not done the troubleshooting on it,
though. Thanks a ton!

> So to give a long answer to a short question, yes, it's best to use
> single quotes in most circumstances.

Cool, I'll save it for when needed. I'm glad you mentioned the server load,
as it's easy to see in hindsight, but I would most likely have adapted
widespread use of double's just b/c I'm lazy and I can see how that would
cut down on some coding (at least punctuation).

Thanks Joe, great info as usual!

Jon

It appears that you are correct, sir!

Thank you so much for bringing it to my attention. Joe's post highlighted
some errors I had experienced.

Good eyes mate, thanks again!

Jon

"Dave Buchholz" <forums@REMOVETHISi-cre8.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Ahh my bad sorry.
>
> I would use double quotes for something like this, not sure about the
> single quote, if I did it that way but in my own code I would actually
> write the if statement like so:-
>
> $field = trim($row_rsFrontPage['newsShortDesc']);
> if (strlen($field) > 0) { //if short description exists
> $fpCont = $row_rsFrontPage['newsShortDesc'];
> }
>
> but that's just my way of doing things
>
>
> --
>
> Dave Buchholz
> I-CRE8
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>

Ahh my bad sorry.

I would use double quotes for something like this, not sure about the single
quote, if I did it that way but in my own code I would actually write the if
statement like so:-

$field = trim($row_rsFrontPage['newsShortDesc']);
if (strlen($field) > 0) { //if short description exists
$fpCont = $row_rsFrontPage['newsShortDesc'];
}

but that's just my way of doing things


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On 08 Sep 2006 in macromedia.dreamweaver.appdev, crash wrote:

> It doesn't make a difference what kind of quotes you use, does it?
> I typically use ' to designate when I'm starting a string, but other
> than that, when looking for values, I think I tend to migrate
> between the two b/c I didn't think it made a difference.

Actually, it does. In strings delimited with double quotes (0x22), PHP

understands ... escape sequences for special characters [and]
variable names will be expanded.

http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.types.string.php

(Sorry. I caught your message about wading through php.net, but it's the
best technical explanation around... <grin>)

This has two practical consequences:
- it allows you to do more with the string
- it puts more load on the server

So to give a long answer to a short question, yes, it's best to use
single quotes in most circumstances.

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Thanks mate. It's just the way it looks. they're actually two single quotes
' '
not one double.

It doesn't make a difference what kind of quotes you use, does it? I
typically use ' to designate when I'm starting a string, but other than
that, when looking for values, I think I tend to migrate between the two b/c
I didn't think it made a difference.

Does it?

"Dave Buchholz" <forums@REMOVETHISi-cre8.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Jon,
>
> your missing a " in the first line it should read
> if ($row_rsFrontPage['newsShortDesc'] != "''){//if short description
> exists
>
>
> --
>
> Dave Buchholz
> I-CRE8
> www.i-cre8.co.uk
> Skype ID: I-CRE8
> "crash" <crash@bcdcdigital.com> wrote in message
> news:eds9ub$485$1@forums.macromedia.com...
>> Man, oh man. If Jon missed any more forests for the trees....
>>
>> This is what I needed up doing, and it is much easier, prettier, etc.
>> etc. Looks (in my testing) to work perfectly.
>>
>> if ($row_rsFrontPage['newsShortDesc'] != ''){//if short description
>> exists
>> $fpCont = $row_rsFrontPage['newsShortDesc'];
>> if(strlen($fpCont) > 350){//if descrp is greater than 350
>> $fpCont = truncate_string($fpCont, 350);}
>> $fpCont = ltrim($fpCont, "<p>");//remove any preceding <p> if exists
>> $fpCont = rtrim($fpCont, "</p>");//same for *last* </p> tag, not *all*
>> </p>
>> $fpCont = '<p>'.$fpDateEdited.$fpCont.'  <a
>> href="news.php?cid='.$fpID.'">Full Story</a></p>'; //complie content and
>> get on your way.
>>
>> Gads, but that was so simple. What a maroon! ;o)
>>
>> Thanks guys for all your help, and if you saw this before I did, thanks
>> for not saying anything. :O) That was one that while I feel silly for
>> missing the obvious, will hopefully help my process in the future.
>>
>> Jon
>>
>> "crash" <crash@bcdcdigital.com> wrote in message
>> news:ecq2t3$2h4$1@forums.macromedia.com...
>>>I am looking to add my date to the beginning of my articles. Previously,
>>>I was using the string replace function to look for the begininng of my
>>>paragraph and then place the date in front of that. Bad Jon! I forgot
>>>that any article with multiple paragraphs would then have multiple dates.
>>>
>>> $artContent = str_replace('<p>', '<p> '.$artDateEdited.' - ',
>>> $artContent);
>>>
>>> So, what I am looking for is how do I do a string replaceon just the
>>> first paragraph?
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> TIA,
>>>
>>> Jon Parkhurst
>>> PriivaWeb
>>> http://priiva.net.
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

Jon,

your missing a " in the first line it should read
if ($row_rsFrontPage['newsShortDesc'] != "''){//if short description exists


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"crash" <crash@bcdcdigital.com> wrote in message
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> Man, oh man. If Jon missed any more forests for the trees....
>
> This is what I needed up doing, and it is much easier, prettier, etc. etc.
> Looks (in my testing) to work perfectly.
>
> if ($row_rsFrontPage['newsShortDesc'] != ''){//if short description exists
> $fpCont = $row_rsFrontPage['newsShortDesc'];
> if(strlen($fpCont) > 350){//if descrp is greater than 350
> $fpCont = truncate_string($fpCont, 350);}
> $fpCont = ltrim($fpCont, "<p>");//remove any preceding <p> if exists
> $fpCont = rtrim($fpCont, "</p>");//same for *last* </p> tag, not *all*
> </p>
> $fpCont = '<p>'.$fpDateEdited.$fpCont.'  <a
> href="news.php?cid='.$fpID.'">Full Story</a></p>'; //complie content and
> get on your way.
>
> Gads, but that was so simple. What a maroon! ;o)
>
> Thanks guys for all your help, and if you saw this before I did, thanks
> for not saying anything. :O) That was one that while I feel silly for
> missing the obvious, will hopefully help my process in the future.
>
> Jon
>
> "crash" <crash@bcdcdigital.com> wrote in message
> news:ecq2t3$2h4$1@forums.macromedia.com...
>>I am looking to add my date to the beginning of my articles. Previously, I
>>was using the string replace function to look for the begininng of my
>>paragraph and then place the date in front of that. Bad Jon! I forgot
>>that any article with multiple paragraphs would then have multiple dates.
>>
>> $artContent = str_replace('<p>', '<p> '.$artDateEdited.' - ',
>> $artContent);
>>
>> So, what I am looking for is how do I do a string replaceon just the
>> first paragraph?
>>
>> --
>>
>> TIA,
>>
>> Jon Parkhurst
>> PriivaWeb
>> http://priiva.net.
>>
>
>

Man, oh man. If Jon missed any more forests for the trees....

This is what I needed up doing, and it is much easier, prettier, etc. etc.
Looks (in my testing) to work perfectly.

if ($row_rsFrontPage['newsShortDesc'] != ''){//if short description exists
$fpCont = $row_rsFrontPage['newsShortDesc'];
if(strlen($fpCont) > 350){//if descrp is greater than 350
$fpCont = truncate_string($fpCont, 350);}
$fpCont = ltrim($fpCont, "<p>");//remove any preceding <p> if exists
$fpCont = rtrim($fpCont, "</p>");//same for *last* </p> tag, not *all*
</p>
$fpCont = '<p>'.$fpDateEdited.$fpCont.'  <a
href="news.php?cid='.$fpID.'">Full Story</a></p>'; //complie content and get
on your way.

Gads, but that was so simple. What a maroon! ;o)

Thanks guys for all your help, and if you saw this before I did, thanks for
not saying anything. :O) That was one that while I feel silly for missing
the obvious, will hopefully help my process in the future.

Jon

"crash" <crash@bcdcdigital.com> wrote in message
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>I am looking to add my date to the beginning of my articles. Previously, I
>was using the string replace function to look for the begininng of my
>paragraph and then place the date in front of that. Bad Jon! I forgot
>that any article with multiple paragraphs would then have multiple dates.
>
> $artContent = str_replace('<p>', '<p> '.$artDateEdited.' - ',
> $artContent);
>
> So, what I am looking for is how do I do a string replaceon just the first
> paragraph?
>
> --
>
> TIA,
>
> Jon Parkhurst
> PriivaWeb
> http://priiva.net.
>

does using a rtrim and ltrim sound like it's barking upt he wrong alley?

I've been looking for counting things, but if I just start from the right
and replace the <p> tag, and then start from the left and replace the </p>
tag (backwards) then I should be able to do it with two simple statements
instead of a long complicated one, no?

Or am I overlooking a funciton?

Again, kinda rhetorical as I'm assuming there is not a function to do this
and am moving ahead with rtrim etc.

Jon

"crash" <crash@bcdcdigital.com> wrote in message
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> as long as I find the function. I'm able to find counting functions within
> the preg_replace function, but it looks like it doesn't *analyze* the
> count. I need it to take away the first paragraph tag and the last end
> paragraph tag - not all of them.
>
> Just digging through that [explicative] php.net site and trying to
> decipher. I bet those guys communicate worse than I do! ;o) (just joking
> if you guys are reading, it's wonderful)
>
> i'll post back when i find the correct way to implement it. :D
>
>
> "Murray *ACE*" <forums@HAHAgreat-web-sights.com> wrote in message
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>> Then your scheme would work, no?
>>
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>> "crash" <crash@bcdcdigital.com> wrote in message
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>>> No, but I should have an I am. I am using the TinyMCE javascript
>>> component to add WYSWIG functionality. In addition to this, my input
>>> forms should do a search and replace to ensure all paragraphs have the
>>> request tags.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

as long as I find the function. I'm able to find counting functions within
the preg_replace function, but it looks like it doesn't *analyze* the count.
I need it to take away the first paragraph tag and the last end paragraph
tag - not all of them.

Just digging through that [explicative] php.net site and trying to decipher.
I bet those guys communicate worse than I do! ;o) (just joking if you guys
are reading, it's wonderful)

i'll post back when i find the correct way to implement it. :D


"Murray *ACE*" <forums@HAHAgreat-web-sights.com> wrote in message
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> Then your scheme would work, no?
>
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> "crash" <crash@bcdcdigital.com> wrote in message
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>> No, but I should have an I am. I am using the TinyMCE javascript
>> component to add WYSWIG functionality. In addition to this, my input
>> forms should do a search and replace to ensure all paragraphs have the
>> request tags.
>>
>>
>>
>
>

Then your scheme would work, no?

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"crash" <crash@bcdcdigital.com> wrote in message
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> No, but I should have an I am. I am using the TinyMCE javascript
> component to add WYSWIG functionality. In addition to this, my input
> forms should do a search and replace to ensure all paragraphs have the
> request tags.
>
>
>