ereg_replace to preg_replace and OpenX [duplicate]

Question

I have a client who is running OpenX (formerly PHPAdsNew), which is no longer being developed, and is not compatible with newer versions of PHP (as ereg and its variants are depreciated); the issue here is that I can't really tell what the ereg is supposed to be replacing to rewrite the line.

The old code is:

define ('phpAds_path', ereg_replace("[/\\\\]admin[/\\\\][^/\\\\]+$", '', __FILE__));

I would be very greatful for anyone's ideas!

Toto · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-16 08:35:19Z

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Just add delimiters around the regex:

ereg_replace("[/\\\\]admin[/\\\\][^/\\\\]+$", '', __FILE__)

becomes:

preg_replace("~[/\\\\]admin[/\\\\][^/\\\\]+$~", '', __FILE__)
//     here __^                  and here __^

answered Apr 16, 2015 at 8:35

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Gremelin Over a year ago

I've tried that, it doesn't parse the URL.; I think it removes the admin bit from the URL, but I have no clue what the last section of the regex is for.

Toto Over a year ago

@JamesCorthell: Your regex maches: a slash (or backslash) then the literal 'admin' then a slash (or backslash) then anything that is not a slash (or backslash) until the end of the string.

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