Preg_replace simple task?

[webdev007]

I seem not to grasp the concept very well!
I try to remove <P> and </P>
Using this:
It does not generate any error, but does not work


// del <P> and </P> in IMG editor
$search = array (
'(<P>)',
'(</P>)'
);


$replace = array ('' );

$text = preg_replace($search, $replace, $thumb);

// end del P

 

[Tarwn]

I'm not a PHP expert, more of a talented user really, but I believe your patterns need to be formatted in perl format to use preg_ functions. Something like:

$search = array ('/(<P>)/', '/(<\/P>)/');

Additionally I believe you need to have the same number of array entries for the search and replace (though this is a guess):

$replace = array ('','');

-T

 

[webdev007]

Thanks Tarwn,
I think that you are on the right track
however, I am sorry to report that it did not do the trick.

 

[webdev007]

Between Tarwn and my tweak I made it working
Use it to rem <P> generated by an img editor.
// del <P> and </P> in IMG editor

$search = array ('/<P>/', '/<\/P>/');

$replace = array ('','' );

$thumb = preg_replace($search, $replace, $thumb);

// end del P

 

[jpadie]

but why are using preg_replace for this? seems like a sledgehammer to crack a nut - and it's really slow.

$correctedtext = str_replace (array("<p>","<P>","</p>","</P>"), ",", $uncorrectedtext);

 

[webdev007]

Thanks, did not think about it, indeed simpler