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January 15th, 2009, 09:34 AM

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Oh really then explain why my now working regex won't work unless i escape them?

Then your PCRE engine is very strangely compiled. In normal cases, you don't need to escape them. Period.

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January 15th, 2009, 09:36 AM

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You are right, it didn't work as i was escaping the [ in the second part of it still.

But re-read my other post with 5 points now, all true and needed for it to work.

For refence i use this now:

PHP Code:


		
			
// change quote html back to bbcode

    $edit = preg_replace("#<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"box\">{$lang['quoting']}</div><div class=\"box2\">(.*?)</div></div>#s",'[quote]$1[/quote]',$edit);

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January 15th, 2009, 09:37 AM

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Oh really then explain why my now working regex won't work unless i escape them?

Did you run the script I posted in reply #13? If so, what was the output?

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January 15th, 2009, 09:39 AM

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You are right, ...

Yes, I knew that.
And to be frank, you were acting like a smart@ss.

A good day to you.

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January 15th, 2009, 10:29 AM

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I was not acting like a "smart@ss" i was simply stating what i saw, which was wrong and i corrected myself by saying you was right, jeez some people are never happy.

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January 15th, 2009, 10:44 AM

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I was not acting like a "smart@***" i was simply stating what i saw,

Well, then our opinions of what a smart@ss is differ. I told you multiple times that < and > are not meta characters and you kept on repeating that they were and even gave me a smug response in reply #15.

I must confess that I was already a bit ticked of because you told me to not assume that you haven't tried. I mean, your post didn't give any proof of the fact that you DID try something before posting, and I told you in a normal fashion as to why it is a good idea to post what you have tried. IMO, there was no need to tell me what I should or shouldn't do or assume. It is you who was asking for help, not me.

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which was wrong and i corrected myself by saying you was right,

I didn't say so before, but I appreciated that.

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Originally Posted by liamdawe

jeez some people are never happy.

Well, I am happy this thread is at it's end (well, almost...).
No worries, this is my last post in any of your threads.