Replacing ( and ) with < and >

[toulee_moua]

Please help.  I am trying to replace parenthesises () in a string with <>.  I tried preg_replace and str_replace, but was not success.

 

Here is what I have for str_replace:

$word = "(test)";

 

$word = str_replace('(', '<', $word);

 

$word = str_replace(array('(', ')'), array('<','>'), $word);

 

 

[denno020]

Try using double qutoes.. You might need to be escaping the symbols if you use single quotes (putting a \ directly before it).

 

Just thinking out loud...

 

Denno

[AbraCadaver]

This works great for me:

 

$word = "(test)";
$word = str_replace(array('(', ')'), array('<', '>'), $word);

[denno020]

This works great for me:

 

$word = "(test)";
$word = str_replace(array('(', ')'), array('<', '>'), $word);

 

I just tested it on my testing server and it worked fine too... It won't display on a page though, only (test) will display as the <test> is interpreted as a tag, so it isn't displayed as text. You can see it if you look at the page source though..

 

Denno

[Adam]

echo htmlentities($word);

[Zurev]

echo htmlentities($word);

 

That wouldn't work...as it only converts characters to their HTML counterpart, on second thought I assume you're talking to denno020 about a solution to his issue with tag interpretation...

[Adam]

You were right with your second thought.

[toulee_moua]

Thank folks, for responding.  Here is what I get:

 

$word = "(test)";

$word = str_replace(array("(", ")"), array("<", ">"), $word);

echo $word;                          //OUTPUT: 

echo htmlentities($word);    // OUTPUT: <test>

 

 

Is there a way to treat the <> normal characters?

[PFMaBiSmAd]

Define: normal characters?

 

< and > have significance in HTML since they define the start and end of HTML tags. Anything inside of < and > characters is a HTML tag and is not displayed in the browser.

 

Perhaps if you define what it is you are trying to accomplish?

[toulee_moua]

What i'm trying to do is replace all "(" to "<" and ")" to ">", like "(TEST)" to "<TEST>", then display them as text.   

[denno020]

$word = str_replace(array('(', ')'), array('<', '>'), $word);

 

reference: http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_entities.asp

 

Denno