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preg_quote ignores trailing dot in preg_match_all

Regex preg_match_all('@(\b' . preg_quote($needle,'@') . '\b)@is', $haystack, $matches); Haystack (Job: NAS-Inkrementell) Operation succeeded. Needle Operation succeeded --> works Operation succeeded. --> does not work I did some tests: Alternative…
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Why does PHP's preg_quote escape unnecessary characters?

From http://php.net/manual/en/function.preg-quote.php: preg_quote() takes str and puts a backslash in front of every character that is part of the regular expression syntax. This is useful if you have a run-time string that you need to match in…
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Regex not displaying well whe using PHP preg_quote

Hi Im trying to concatinate a string before converting that string into regex in PHP, but the problem is it's not displaying as expected. I've been searching using google and found out about preg_quote, problem is it's not working well. Here is my…
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How to exclude vertical bar from escaping in preg_quote()

I have an array the elements of which are paths and contain forward slashes and exclamation marks. And I need to inject such an array as regex pattern to preg_match() $url = 'example.com/path/to/!another'; $arr = ['path/to/!page',…
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Preg_match doesn't work when pattern and subject inside preg_quote - PHP

I am trying to preg_match by using preg_quote for my pattern and subject. Problem is that preg_match doesn't seem to match them. I removed the preg_quote and it matched me just fine. I preg_quote subject and message to see what it's the output and…
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preg_quote issue in Laravel project

I'm testing preg_quote() function in search function in Laravel. I found out a strange behavior - "+" is not escapes, but remove from the output. preg_quote("a + b"); // "a b" Tried to call same function without laravel staff from cli php…
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Highlighting search result excerpt causes PHP error

I have the following code in a WordPress theme functions.php. I'm using PHP 7.1 both locally and remotely. if ( ! function_exists( 'highlight_search_results' ) ) : // this filter runs on the_excerpt and the_title // to highlight inside…
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How to escape special characters that that are not gathered in a special shape

I have this string: $var = "Foo (.* ) bar blla (.* ) b*l?a$ bla bla "; I want to escape the * and ? and all special characters that are not gathered in this shape "(.*)" I wanted to use preg_quote($var, '\') But it escapes all the special…
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preg_replace not working as expected with wildcards

I have the following code: //Array filled with data from external file $patterns = array('!test!', 'stuff1', 'all!!', ''); //Delete empty values in array $patterns = array_filter($patterns); foreach($patterns as &$item){ $item =…
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Make search in text file case-insensitive

I'm using the following function to search for words in a text file. The problem is that this function is case-sensitive. I don't want it to be case-sensitive! How can I make the function case-insensitive? $url = 'files/file.txt'; $thedata =…
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preg_replace with preg_quote except one column

I'm trying to make some tricks with preg_replace used with preg_quote. I have an array of json data object and what I want to Replace all values of keys except the value of one key Below is the basic structure of the input array: $posts =…
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Why this pattern with __FILE__ under preg_quote() is not matching the directory path?

This pattern with __FILE__ under preg_quote( $str, '/' ) /^C\:\\xampp\\apps\\wordpress\\htdocs\\wp\-content\\themes\\themename\\inc\\fonts\/uploads\/[^\/\\]+(\/|\\)/ is not matching this directory…
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