PHP preg_replace() Function

PHP preg_replace() Function

The preg_replace() function makes it very easy to change data between a starting character and ending the character. The example code below demonstrates how it can be used to remove anything in between angle brackets(<>) and in between regular brackets.

include('connect.inc');
$db = public_db_connect();
$command = "SELECT * FROM cms ";
$result = mysqli_query($db, $command);

while($row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($result)){
$tags = $row['mid'];
echo "Look at source code:".$tags."</br/>";
$tag = preg_replace('#\<.*?\>#s', '', $tags); 
echo $tag;
}

$brackets = "(in brackets)";
echo "<br/>".$brackets;
$no_brackets = preg_replace('#\(.*?\)#s', 'no brackets', $brackets); 
echo "<br/>".$no_brackets;

October 11, 2012 by kent