Replace text in string with php code.

[YourNameHere]

Hi,

 

 

I am trying to take a string from a database and replace everything within {} with code... similar to how posting in a forum works.

 

 

so say I have "...Lorem ipsom {gallery:1} sit imet..."

it will take that string (from a DB) and replace "{gallery:1}" with "<?php gallery('1'); ?>". How can this be done? Or is there keywords I can search on to find the answer? Thank you in advance.

[wildteen88]

You'll want to use regex, an example

function gallery($id)
{
     return "[sHOW GALLERY ID: $id]";
}

$str = '...Lorem ipsom {gallery:1} sit imet...';
$str = preg_replace('~\{gallery:([0-9]+)\}~ies', 'gallery($1)', $str);

echo $str;

[YourNameHere]

Thank you, that worked! Now to figure out how to extend that with the gallery: part being variable. ie. [a-z]/ $1.

You rock!

[YourNameHere]

Everything in the exec' function (echo or otherwise) gets placed above the entire string when echoed. is there a workaround for this? the gallery() function requires in a template.php that prints the javascript image gallery to the page and a button that opens the gallery. but the button is above the string on the page. Is this an expected side effect of the require?

[wildteen88]

Post your code here. I think the issue maybe with you using echo within the function. You should instead save all output within the function to a temporary variable and the use return.