I have to read a css file and remove its commentaries, so i've decided to use the preg_replace function from php:
$original = '
/*
foo
*/
.test, input[type="text"]{ color: blue; }
/* bar */
a:hover{
text-decoration: underline;
color: red;
background: #FFF;
}';
echo preg_replace('/\/\*.*\*\//s', '', $original);
the problem is that its losing the line .test, input[type="text"]{ color: blue; }
Change .* to .*?.
echo preg_replace('#/\*.*?\*/#s', '', $original);
This will only remove /* up to the closest */ rather than the furthest.
I would approach it as follows:
\/\*((?!\*\/).*?)\*\/
\/\* # Start-of-comment
((?!\*\/).*?) # Any character 0 or more times, lazy,
# without matching an end-of-comment
\*\/ # End-of-comment
Try this:
$buffer = preg_replace('/\*[^*]*\*+([^/][^*]*\*+)*/', '', $buffer);
It doesn't work for //Comments here, but it works for the rest of /* Comment here */, even for multiple lines.
for //Comments here, use this one:
$buffer = preg_replace('/\/\*.*?\*\//s', '', $buffer);
