eregi_replace deprecated

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I have an error that reads:

Deprecated: Function ereg_replace() is deprecated in /home/socia125/public_html/wi_class_files/autoMakeLinks.php on line 26

My code is here. Any help is appreciated.

<?php

    class autoActiveLink {

    function makeActiveLink($originalString){

        $newString = ereg_replace("[[:alpha:]]+://[^<>[:space:]]+[[:alnum:]/]","<a 

        href=\"\\0\" target=\"_blank\">\\0</a>", $originalString);
        return $newString;
    }

}
?>

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 11 '12 at 16:06

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ereg functions are deprecated as of PHP 5.3.0. Use preg instead.

class autoActiveLink {
    function makeActiveLink($originalString) {

        $newString = preg_replace("|[[:alpha:]]+://[^<>[:space:]]+[[:alnum:]/]|",
                                  "<a href=\"\\0\" target=\"_blank\">\\0</a>",
                                  $originalString
        );
        return $newString;
    }
}

Note that on preg functions, you need a delimiter for your Regex. Refer to the manual for additional details.

answered Jun 11 '12 at 16:06

Madara's Ghost

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yes i am having a hard time understanding in which form to use them i appreciate your reply – Rocko Jedi Jun 11 '12 at 16:08
@RockoJedi: On most cases, simply replace the `e` of ereg with `p`, and that should do the trick. – Madara's Ghost Jun 11 '12 at 16:09
You missed the delimiter for the pattern. – flowfree Jun 11 '12 at 16:10
@Truth you need to put pattern separators around the pattern in the string too (you did not in your example). – Explosion Pills Jun 11 '12 at 16:10
@bsdnoobz: Correct, corrected! – Madara's Ghost Jun 11 '12 at 16:11
now i am receiving this error Warning: preg_replace() [function.preg-replace]: Unknown modifier '+' in /home/socia125/public_html/wi_class_files/autoMakeLinks.php on line 28 @Truth – Rocko Jedi Jun 11 '12 at 16:15
@RockoJedi: Are you trying to match a URL? Use this pattern `/(http|https|ftp|ftps)\:\/\/[a-zA-Z0-9\-\.]+\.[a-zA-Z]{2,3}(\/\S*)?/` (taken from [here](http://css-tricks.com/snippets/php/find-urls-in-text-make-links/)) – Madara's Ghost Jun 11 '12 at 16:16

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 11 '12 at 16:07

Use preg_replace instead.

For the most part, the only real difference is that you have to have delimiters around the regex. I usually use ( at the start and ) at the end, but you can use any two matching symbols. The advantage of () is that you never have to escape anything just for the purpose of avoiding conflict with the delimiter.

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 11 '12 at 16:08

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Using preg_replace:

$newString = preg_replace("#[[:alpha:]]+://[^<>[:space:]]+[[:alnum:]/]#","<a href=\"\\0\" target=\"_blank\">\\0</a>", $originalString);

answered Jun 11 '12 at 16:08

flowfree

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