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Manually create array that matches mysql_fetch_array 5 28 (11/29/2012 8:51:04 AM) comp.lang.php In my script, I'm potentially creating information to insert in to MySQL (based on a few variables), then later in the script I'm SELECTing the same data back out of MySQL. Like this: if ($_GET['whatever']) ... Jason

Regex question, limit repeats UNLESS within specified tags 5 21 (11/2/2012 12:31:57 AM) comp.lang.perl.misc I'm currently limiting repeated characters like so: $text =~ s#(.)\1{6,}#$1$1$1$1$1$1#gsi; I'm wanting to modify it to only limit repeated characters if they're not within or tags. I'm guessing that ... Jason

Converting www to http://www (regex negative look-behind) 4 35 (10/29/2012 3:01:30 AM) comp.lang.perl.misc I'm using URI::Find to create links when a user submits a website address. Meaning, this: http://www.google.com becomes: http://www.google.com Every once in awhile, someone will submit a link withou... Jason

str.replace() not catching, need a second set of eyes 6 39 (10/3/2012 9:25:13 AM) comp.lang.javascript I'm working with a contenteditable field. When someone pastes data that inc= ludes ... or ...,= I want the tags to be removed. Here is the exact code I'm using: a =3D a.replace(/]*?itxt[^>]*?>([\s\S]*?... Jason

Can't find a syntax error, hoping a second set of eyes will help 24 34 (9/24/2012 4:09:43 AM) comp.lang.perl.misc Can someone look at this and tell me what I'm messing up? I've been coding all night, and my eyes have gone fuzzy :-) while ($text =~ #]* href=(["'])*[^\1>]*\1[^>]*?>(.*?)#gsi) { if ($2 =~ /^http/i) { ... Jason

Multiple INSERT INTO... ON DUPLICATE in a single query 7 39 (9/24/2012 2:43:33 AM) comp.databases.mysql I'm currently updating 3 columns with one query, like so: UPDATE table SET col=col+1 WHERE id=%s OR id=%s OR id=%s I'm changing the structure of the database, though, and now need to use something more li... Jason

PHP Update 4 45 (9/17/2012 9:31:08 AM) comp.lang.php I'm currently using PHP v. 5.2.17. Would you guys recommend updating to 5.3.x for security, or are there any stability concerns with the newer releases? Am I going to run in to compliance problems with my PHP s... Jason

Setting backreference inside of a string 14 31 (9/10/2012 6:41:40 AM) comp.lang.perl.misc I'm doing a replace, like this: $text = "Yes dear!"; $pattern = "(D|d)ear"; $replace = "$1eer"; $text =~ s/$pattern/$replace/gi; That's just an example, of course; the real $pattern and $replace come... Jason

Dynamic backreferences, finding last in a group 2 39 (9/9/2012 10:31:59 AM) comp.lang.php I'm working with preg_replace(), like so: $pattern =3D array(); foreach ($filter as $org) array_push($pattern, "/((|\s)*)$org(er|in|...)/i"); $text =3D preg_replace($pattern, '$1$new$3', $text); ... Jason

Sending nothing when function expects variable 5 25 (8/28/2012 6:51:16 AM) comp.lang.php I have a function like: function whatever($a, $b, $c) { if (!$b) $b = "something"; if (!$c) $c = "something else"; // etc } Since I'm checking for $b and $c in the function, I call the functio... Jason

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Regex question, limit repeats UNLESS within specified tags 5 21 (11/2/2012 12:31:57 AM) comp.lang.perl.misc I'm currently limiting repeated characters like so: $text =~ s#(.)\1{6,}#$1$1$1$1$1$1#gsi; I'm wanting to modify it to only limit repeated characters if they're not within or tags. I'm guessing that ... jwcarlton (271)

Converting www to http://www (regex negative look-behind) 4 35 (10/29/2012 3:01:30 AM) comp.lang.perl.misc I'm using URI::Find to create links when a user submits a website address. Meaning, this: http://www.google.com becomes: http://www.google.com Every once in awhile, someone will submit a link withou... jwcarlton (271)

Simple (Rookie) Question 5 33 (10/28/2012 9:33:16 PM) comp.lang.perl.misc A kind volunteer wrote an effective perl script for my website ten or more years back. The script was called from header.html, and worked flawlessly for years...until someone decided to mess with the hea... cashdirect7 (1)

str.replace() not catching, need a second set of eyes 6 39 (10/3/2012 9:25:13 AM) comp.lang.javascript I'm working with a contenteditable field. When someone pastes data that inc= ludes ... or ...,= I want the tags to be removed. Here is the exact code I'm using: a =3D a.replace(/]*?itxt[^>]*?>([\s\S]*?... jwcarlton (271)

Can't find a syntax error, hoping a second set of eyes will help 24 34 (9/24/2012 4:09:43 AM) comp.lang.perl.misc Can someone look at this and tell me what I'm messing up? I've been coding all night, and my eyes have gone fuzzy :-) while ($text =~ #]* href=(["'])*[^\1>]*\1[^>]*?>(.*?)#gsi) { if ($2 =~ /^http/i) { ... jwcarlton (271)

Multiple INSERT INTO... ON DUPLICATE in a single query 7 39 (9/24/2012 2:43:33 AM) comp.databases.mysql I'm currently updating 3 columns with one query, like so: UPDATE table SET col=col+1 WHERE id=%s OR id=%s OR id=%s I'm changing the structure of the database, though, and now need to use something more li... jwcarlton (271)

Setting backreference inside of a string 14 31 (9/10/2012 6:41:40 AM) comp.lang.perl.misc I'm doing a replace, like this: $text = "Yes dear!"; $pattern = "(D|d)ear"; $replace = "$1eer"; $text =~ s/$pattern/$replace/gi; That's just an example, of course; the real $pattern and $replace come... jwcarlton (271)

str_replace, replace array with string AND array 2 28 (8/3/2012 5:28:17 AM) comp.lang.php I'm doing this: $emArr = array( ":-)", ":-D", ":-(", ":-o", ":-x", ":-P", ":-?", "8-)" ); $imgArr = array( "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "" ); $this_comm... jwcarlton (271)

Stupid regex problem, s/// catching extra letter 3 55 (7/18/2012 4:01:58 AM) comp.lang.perl.misc I know better than to work late at night, but sometimes it just can't be helped :-) I'm doing a simple s///, converting "www." to "http://www." when "www." occurs without a preceding "http://". Here's what I... jwcarlton (271)

Short words 4 73 (7/16/2012 9:15:11 AM) comp.databases.mysql Do any of you have a way around the "short word feature", other than modify= ing ft_min_word_len? I'm getting more and more complaints that my "search e= ngine sucks" because it can't tell the difference betw... jwcarlton (271)