regex to replace all from value - php

Question

Hello I need to pull out the value of the input that has the name ending in "message" and replace the whole thing with the match. It needs to be a replace. any ideas what the regex is for this?

Thank you for the help.. Cheers -Jeremy

I have tried alot and this is the last one

patteren /.*?(message" value="(.*?)").*?/is

replacement $2

wanting

The value specified for &amp;quot;Email&amp;quot; is already in use by another registered user

in

    <input type="hidden" name="cntnt01message" value="The value specified for &amp;quot;Email&amp;quot; is already in use by another registered user" />

for this content

    <form id="cntnt01moduleform_1" method="post" action="http://www..com/account/registration.html" class="cms_form">
    <div class="hidden">
    <input type="hidden" name="mact" value="SelfRegistration,cntnt01,default,0" />
    <input type="hidden" name="cntnt01returnid" value="60" />
    <input type="hidden" name="cntnt01assign" value="CONT" />
    <input type="hidden" name="cntnt01returnid" value="60" />
    <input type="hidden" name="cntnt01input_username" value="s" />

    <input type="hidden" name="cntnt01input_Salon" value="s" />
    <input type="hidden" name="cntnt01input_Hairstylist" value="s" />
    <input type="hidden" name="cntnt01input_email" value="[email protected]" />
    <input type="hidden" name="cntnt01input_email_again" value="[email protected]" />
    <input type="hidden" name="cntnt01input_Firstname" value="s" />
    <input type="hidden" name="cntnt01input_Lastname" value="Bass" />
    <input type="hidden" name="cntnt01input_phone" value="208-s-s" />
    <input type="hidden" name="cntnt01input_Street" value="s21st ave" />
    <input type="hidden" name="cntnt01input_city" value="s" />
    <input type="hidden" name="cntnt01input_state" value="Idaho" />
    <input type="hidden" name="cntnt01input_zip" value="s" />
    <input type="hidden" name="cntnt01input_Description" value="" />
    <input type="hidden" name="cntnt01input_services" value="Color,Perm/Relaxer,Sisterlocks®,Braiding" />
    <input type="hidden" name="cntnt01orig_url" value="http://www..com/account/registration.html?mact=SelfRegistration,cntnt01,default,0&amp;amp;cntnt01returnid=60&amp;amp;cntnt01group=Platinum&amp;amp;cntnt01pkg=4" />
    <input type="hidden" name="cntnt01group_id" value="4" />
    <input type="hidden" name="cntnt01pkg" value="4" />
    <input type="hidden" name="cntnt01submit
    " value="" />

    <input type="hidden" name="cntnt01error" value="1" />
    <input type="hidden" name="cntnt01message" value="The value specified for &amp;quot;Email&amp;quot; is already in use by another registered user" />
    </div>

not sure parseing html is going to help here.. it has to be preg_replace ... I need the pattern is the thing .. tk — Quantum
– Quantum, Commented May 10, 2011 at 11:59
I'm sure it will help :) and it's much more reliable than using Regex. — Gordon
– Gordon, Commented May 10, 2011 at 12:35
What do you want to replace? The complete row where "message" is found? — stema
– stema, Commented May 10, 2011 at 13:41
what the deal is that I am working in smarty so I need to match the value of the input who's name ends in "message" and use the callback to replace it all. the smarty is {$foo|regex_replace:'/patteren/':'replace ie: $1'} so at the end $foo is "The value specified for "Email" is already in use by another registered user" .. oh not stated below is that $foo is that whole html block above. — Quantum
– Quantum, Commented May 11, 2011 at 22:37

Lee Kowalkowski · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-10 11:58:43Z

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You're looking for .? (0 or 1 of any character except a new line). I think you should look for [^"]+ i.e.: /message" value="([^"]+)"/is and replace with $1 (not sure why the other brackets are there unless that's for something else).

answered May 10, 2011 at 11:58

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Quantum Over a year ago

nope that didn't work either.. the other groups where to match the outside so when I replace with the call back the whole mass is replaced.. of that is the intent :)

Lee Kowalkowski Over a year ago

Why do you want to replace? Can't you just put the match into a new string?

Quantum Over a year ago

what the deal is that I am working in smarty so I need to match the value of the input who's name ends in "message" and use the callback to replace it all. the smarty is {$foo|regex_replace:'/patteren/':'replace ie: $1'} so at the end $foo is "The value specified for &quot;Email&quot; is already in use by another registered user" "

Lee Kowalkowski Over a year ago

Oooo! Smarty... and I've just noticed the single-line-mode modifier.

Lee Kowalkowski Over a year ago

So I see that this means you want to replace everything with the message. In which case the non-greedy .*? at the beginning and end will match nothing, because they don't have to. You can force them to by putting ^ at the start and $ at the end, or by just using greedy expressions, e.g: /.*(message" value="(.*?)").*/is or /^.*?(message" value="(.*?)").*?$/is, or even /^.*(message" value="(.*?)").*$/is - That's the only problem I can see anyway.

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