How to convert special ereg_replace functions

Question

How can I convert / update the following regular expression functions to be valid in PHP 7:

$rawsub=ereg_replace("</*b>", "", $subject);

$qauthor=ereg_replace("<b>|</b>", "", $author);

$body=eregi_replace("<(mailto:)([^ >\n\t]+)>", "{phopen}a href=\"\\1\\2\"{phclose}\\2{phopen}/a{phclose}", $body);

$body=eregi_replace("<([http|news|ftp]+://[^ >\n\t]+)>", "{phopen}a href=\"\\1\"{phclose}\\1{phopen}/a{phclose}", $body);

$body=eregi_replace("<(/*($ForumAllowHTML) *[^>]*)>", "{phopen}\\1{phclose}", $body);

These regular expression look like they lack delimiters (i.e. `/`)? Are these throwing errors? If so, please [edit] your question to include the errors. — Mr. Llama, Apr 06 '17 at 15:27

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:17

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You can go for preg_replace() instead of using ereg_replace() and rewrite your pattern according to preg_replace(). For more details, you can visit this link below. preg_replace()

Difference between preg_replace() and ereg_replace()

edited May 23 '17 at 12:17

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answered Apr 06 '17 at 15:48

Shahed Bhuiyan

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Thank you. How are the correct commands? – drupalfan Apr 06 '17 at 18:42
$rawsub=preg_replace("#*b>#", "", $subject); – drupalfan Apr 06 '17 at 19:46
$qauthor=preg_replace("(|)", "", $author); – drupalfan Apr 06 '17 at 19:46
$body=preg_replace("/<(mailto:)([^ >\n\t]+)>/i", "{phopen}a href=\"\\1\\2\"{phclose}\\2{phopen}/a{phclose}", $body); – drupalfan Apr 06 '17 at 19:46
$body=preg_replace("#<([http|news|ftp]+://[^ >\n\t]+)>#i", "{phopen}a href=\"\\1\"{phclose}\\1{phopen}/a{phclose}", $body); – drupalfan Apr 06 '17 at 19:46
$body=preg_replace("#<(/*($ForumAllowHTML) *[^>]*)>#i", "{phopen}\\1{phclose}", $body); – drupalfan Apr 06 '17 at 19:46
ARE THESE ANSWERS CORRECT? – drupalfan Apr 06 '17 at 19:47
commands are almost same to the previous, just need to change a bit.....like $text = ereg_replace('[^A-Z0-9]', '', $text ); it will be changed to $text = preg_replace('/[^A-Z0-9]/', '', $text ); for easy to understand [click here](http://www.w3programmers.com/working-with-php-regular-expression/) – Shahed Bhuiyan Apr 06 '17 at 20:18
Didn't you see my solution (comments above)??? – drupalfan Apr 06 '17 at 21:22

How to convert special ereg_replace functions

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