PHP Regex : Replace substring between two special character

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$li_text = $li->plaintext;
echo '<br>'.$li_text;
echo '<br>'.$li_text = preg_replace('/\:(.*?)\>/',':', $li_text);

$li getting the Value "Qualification : School & Graduation > BE / B.Tech ( Engineering ) " //by using simple html DOM parsing from other websites

The output i am getting is

Qualification : School & Graduation > BE / B.Tech ( Engineering )
Qualification : School & Graduation > BE / B.Tech ( Engineering )

If i assign $li_text = "Qualification : School & Graduation > BE / B.Tech ( Engineering )" then the REGEX is working fine.

I just tested them and they worked fine. Are you assigning the return value of preg_replace back into $str? (Had to ask; sometimes it's the simple things) — keithhatfield
– keithhatfield, Commented Jun 3, 2013 at 12:56

enenen · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-03 13:06:19Z

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Your code is working fine. Please notice that preg_replace doesn't change the subject (i.e. $str) but returns a result.

preg_replace() returns an array if the subject parameter is an array, or a string otherwise.

If matches are found, the new subject will be returned, otherwise subject will be returned unchanged or NULL if an error occurred.

So:

preg_replace('/:(.*?)\>/',':', $str);

echo $str;

is wrong. But:

$str = preg_replace('/:(.*?)\>/',':', $str);

echo $str;

is working.

edited Jun 3, 2013 at 13:06

answered Jun 3, 2013 at 13:00

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Sidux · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-03 12:54:06Z

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Try this one :

preg_replace('/(?<=:)(.*?)>/', '', $str);

answered Jun 3, 2013 at 12:54

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