I am presented with an HTML document similar to this in view source mode (the below is simplified for brevity):
<html>
<head>
<title>System version: {{variable:system_version}}</title>
</head>
<body>
<p>You are using system version {{variable:system_version}}</p>
{{block:welcome}}
<form>
<input value="System version: {{variable:system_version}}">
<textarea>
You are using system version {{variable:system_version}}.
</textarea>
</form>
</body>
</html>
I have written some functions that can replace these {{...}} type strings, but they need to be replaced selectively.
In the example above, I want it replaced in <title> and in <p>, but not in <input> and <textarea> as this is user-provided input, that would be inserted via a wysiwyg editor or form, and must be saved as received from the user. The {{block:welcome}} must also be replaced with whatever content it contains.
When rendering my output, I will sanitize it, then result should be something like this:
<html>
<head>
<title>System version: 6.0</title>
</head>
<body>
<p>You are using system version 6.0</p>
<div>
This was the content of the welcome block.
</div>
<form>
<input value="System version: {{variable:system_version}}">
<textarea>
You are using system version {{variable:system_version}}.
</textarea>
</form>
</body>
</html>
Here is what I have tried. For the below code, $var's value is '6.0' and $val's value = '{{variable:system_version}}', and $data is the entire string to be searched:
if (!preg_match('/<textarea|<input|<select(.+?)' . $val . '(.+?)<\/textarea|<\/input|<\/select\>/s', $data)) {
$data = str_replace($val, $var, $data);
}
Please advise what is wrong with my regex, as it currently replaces nothing whatsoever, so the if condition is never matched. If I do the str_replace without the if, the replacements are made, in all cases.
EDIT 1
After some assistance by @Emma, the replacement still does not work. The below is the code that does the replacement as it stands:
function replace_variable($matches, $data)
{
$ci =& get_instance();
if (!empty($matches['variable_matches'])) {
foreach ($matches['variable_matches'][0] as $key => $val) {
$vals = explode(':', $val);
$ci->load->module('core');
$var = $ci->core->get_variable(rtrim($vals[1], '}}'));
$re1 = '/<(?:textarea|select)[\s\S]*?>[\s\S]*?(' . $val . ')[\s\S]*?<\/(?:textarea|select)>/';
$re2 = '/<(?:input)[\s\S]*?(' . $val . ')[\s\S]*?>/';
if (!preg_match($re1, $data) && !preg_match($re2, $data)) {
$data = str_replace($val, $var, $data);
}
}
}
return $data;
}
Here are the output values of the matches found via preg_match, and then I am trying to replace via str_replace where NOT inside a form tag (select/textarea/input).
Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[0] => {{variable:system_version}}
[1] => {{variable:system_version}}
[2] => {{variable:system_version}}
[3] => {{variable:system_version}}
)
[1] => Array
(
[0] => system_version
[1] => system_version
[2] => system_version
[3] => system_version
)
)
So - there are four matches on the page where I try to replace, two of them inside form tags, the other two not. The check is done on the entire output that is buffered, and contains all four elements, but somehow, the preg_match triggers for all of them, despite the regex. Any ideas what I am doing wrong?
