PHP Regular expression flags
Can someone explain what the 'e' flag does, or link me to somewhere that does? I couldn't find anything via google. Example: preg_replace("/a(b?)c/e", "search_foo_term('\$1')", $str); ...
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PHP: using REGEX to get the tablename from a mysql query
Hi Guys, Consider these three mysql statements: select * from Users; select id, title, value from Blogs; select id, feelURL, feelTitle from Feeds where id = 1; Now im not very good at REGEX, but i want to get the table name from the mysql query. Could someone possibly create one for me with a little explanation. Thanks, ...
Find everthing that is not between specific tags
Hi, i'm using preg_match_all('/<?(.*)?>/', $bigString, $matches, PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE); to find the contents of everything between <? and ?> Now I'd like to find everything that is NOT between <? and ?> I'm trying with preg_match_all('/^(<?(.*)?>)/', $bigString, $nonmatches, PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE); but that doesn't seem to work... ...
Use preg_split to split a string on "," and " and "
I now split the sting op , only like this: $a_string = preg_split('/[,]/', $sting); I also want to split the sting on " and " but i can't find the right regex. ...
How can I replace a plus sign in JavaScript?
I need to make a replace of a plus sign in a javascript string. there might be multiple occurrence of the plus sign so I did this up until now: myString= myString.replace(/+/g, "");# This is however breaking up my javascript and causing glitches. How do you escape a '+' sign in a regular expression? ...
How can I perform a partial match with java.util.regex.*?
Hi Guys, I have been using the java.util.regex.* classes for Regular Expression in Java and all good so far. But today I have a different requirement. For example consider the pattern to be "aabb". Now if the input String is aa it will definitely not match, however there is still possibility that if I append bb it becomes aabb and it ma...
Rails validates_format_of
Hi, I want to use validates_format_of to validate a comma separated string with only letters (small and caps), and numbers. So. example1, example2, 22example44, ex24 not: ^&*, <> , asfasfsdafas<#%$# Basically I want to have users enter comma separated words(incl numbers) without special characters. I'll use it to validate tags from...
How does the following regex pattern work?
Hi all, I'm horrible with regex but i'm trying to figure out how an import function works and i came across this regex pattern. Maybe one of you can help me understand how it works. string pattern = @"^""(?<code>.*)"",""(?<last_name>.*)"",""(?<first_name>.*)"",""(?<address>.*)"",""(?<city>.*)"",""(?<state>.*)"",""(?<zip>.*)""$"; Regex ...
Javascript/Greasemonkey: search for something then set result as a value
Ok, I'm a bit of a n00b when it comes to JS (I'm not the greatest programmer) so please be gentle - specially if my questions been asked already somewhere and I'm too stupid to find the right answer. Self deprecation out of the way, let's get to the question. Problem There is a site me and a large group of friends frequently use which ...
Get Specific part of a String in Javascript
I have a string containing something like this "Hello bla bla bla bla ok, once more bla können. // this is static: it doesn't change This is a text, this also a text. // this is dynamically added text it can change each time My name mysurename // this is also static text www.blabla.com " Now I have content and I have to get the ...
Regex: Match opening/closing chars with spaces
I'm trying to complete a regular expression that will pull out matches based on their opening and closing characters, the closest I've gotten is ^(\[\[)[a-zA-Z.-_]+(\]\]) Which will match a string such as "[[word1]]" and bring me back all the matches if there is more than one, The problem is I want it to pick up matchs where there may...
Issue with my regular expression?
I'm trying to locate the number of matches in a relative path for directory up references ("..\"). So I have the following pattern : "(\.\.\\)", which works as expected for the path "..\..\a\b" where it will give me 2 successful groups ("..\"), but when I try the path "..\a\b" it will also return 2 when it should return 1. I tried this i...
Regular expression help parsing SQLIO output
Hi I've been working on a regular expression to parse the output of a series of SQLIO runs. I've gotten pretty far, but not quite there yet. I'm seeking a 100% regex solution and no pre-manipulation of the input. Could anyone assist with a little guidance with the following regular expression: .*v(?<SQLIOVersion>\d\.\d).*\n.*\n(?<thr...
php function array_key_exists and regular expressions
Is it possible to use a regular expression with the php function array_key_exists()? For example: $exp = "my regex"; array_key_exists($exp, $array); Thank you! ...
Search text with a regular expression to match outside specific characters
I have text that looks like: My name is (Richard) and I cannot do [whatever (Jack) can't do] and (Robert) is the same way [unlike (Betty)] thanks (Jill) The goal is to search using a regular expression to find all parenthesized names that occur anywhere in the text BUT in-between any brackets. So in the text above, the resul...
How to split a string by ',' or '[|]' unless the ',' is in '{}'
i search for a regex to split the following string: aaa[bbb,ccc[ddd,{eee:1,mmm:999}],nnn[0,3]] aaa[bbb,ccc[ddd,{eee:1, mmm:[123,555]}],nnn[0,3]] aaa[bbb, ccc[ddd, ddd],nnn[0,3]] aaa[bbb,ddd[0,3]] by '[' or ']' or ',' unless the ',' is in '{}'. As example: split 'aaa[bbb,ccc[ddd,' to aaa, bbb, ccc, ddd is allow but not {eee:1,mmm:999}....
Regex: absolute url to relative url (C#)
I need a regex to run against strings like the one below that will convert absolute paths to relative paths under certain conditions. <p>This website is <strong>really great</strong> and people love it <img alt="" src="http://localhost:1379/Content/js/fckeditor/editor/images/smiley/msn/teeth_smile.gif" /></p> Rules: If the url conta...
Is there an easy way to get a list of all successful captures from a regex pre-5.10?
I know the right way to do this if I have Perl 5.10 is to use named captures and values %+, but in Perl 5.8.9 and how can I get a list of successful captures? I have come up with two methods that are both just terrible: #you need to list each possible match my @captures = grep { defined } ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6, $7, $8, $9, $10, $11, ...
Regular Expressions: Positive Lookahead and Word Border question
Hello again Stackoverflow people! Assume I have these words: smartphones, smartphone I want to match the substring "phone" from within them. However, in both case, I want only "phone" to be returned, not "phones" in the first case. In addition to this, I want matches only if the word "phone" is a suffix only, such that: fonephonetics ...
regex to filter all but whitelisted characters from a multi-language string
I am trying to cleanup a string coming from a search box on a multi-language site. Normally I would use a regex like: $allowed = "-+?!,.;:\w\s"; $txt_search = preg_replace("/[^" . $allowed . "]?(.*?)[^" . $allowed . "]?/iu", "$1", $_GET['txt_search']); and that works fine for English texts. However, now I need to do the same when th...