Hey,
I have this line of code... because I dont want to allow things like & or ! or * etc... but I DO want to allow _ and -
$url = ereg_replace("[^A-Za-z0-9 ]", "", $url);Can anyone help me?
Dan
Danny159
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Jump to PostDan,
what exactly are you trying to do?...
you could try$url = "http://someurl.com/some****&!!!!!other_text"; $url = str_replace("*", "", $url); $url = str_replace("&", "", $url); $url = str_replace("!", "", $url); // or str_replace("whatever you want removed","replacement value",string_to_search); echo "url = …
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JobBrown
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Newbie Poster
ereg_replace was deprecated in PHP 5.3 so usage of it is not recommended.
You can however use a similar function preg_replace
$url = preg_replace("[^A-Za-z0-9_- ]", "", $url);This will allow any letters or numbers, underscores, hyphens or spaces.
Hope this helps.
Danny159
14
Junior Poster in Training
Thanks!, but this doesnt seem to work at all =/
Dan
JobBrown
-3
Newbie Poster
Karma for not testing... THis works
$url = preg_replace("/[^A-Za-z0-9_\- ]/", "", $url);
Danny159
14
Junior Poster in Training
Works like a charm, Thanks!
ddymacek
15
Posting Whiz
Dan,
what exactly are you trying to do?...
you could try
$url = "http://someurl.com/some****&!!!!!other_text";
$url = str_replace("*", "", $url);
$url = str_replace("&", "", $url);
$url = str_replace("!", "", $url);
// or str_replace("whatever you want removed","replacement value",string_to_search);
echo "url = " . $url . "<br>";
JobBrown
-3
Newbie Poster
No problem, glad I could be of service.
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