Replace eregi_replace with preg_replace

Question

How do I convert this function with this parameters

eregi_replace('<[^>]*>', '', $stringToDisplay)

to preg_replace?

Gumbo · Accepted Answer · 2010-12-05 20:06:48Z

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The PCRE regular expressions require delimiters that separate the pattern from optional modifiers (in this case i to reflect a case insensitive match):

preg_replace('/<[^>]*>/i', '', $stringToDisplay)

But since there are not letters that need to be interpreted without case, you can omit the i modifier.

And if you happen to try parsing HTML or a similar markup language with regular expressions, consider using a proper parser.

answered Dec 5, 2010 at 20:00

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ajreal · Accepted Answer · 2010-12-05 20:00:33Z

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Try

preg_replace('/\<[^>]*\>/i', '', $stringToDisplay)

answered Dec 5, 2010 at 20:00

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