[ILUG] regexp / php question

[Kae Verens]

John P. Looney wrote:
>>$f=file('thefile.txt');
>>foreach($f as $ln){
>>	$ln=str_replace(
>>		array("'Looney'",'email at domain.com'),
>>		array('<a href="thing?Looney">','a 
>>		href="mailto:email at domain.com"');
>>}
> 
> 
>  Ah. I should have pointed out that the name and email can change on each
> line. That's the tricky bit. And I don't want just one thing replaced -
> i.e. if there is an email, without a name in quotes before it.

oh right. how about this:

$f=file('thefile.txt');
foreach($f as $ln){
	$ln=preg_replace(
		'/(\'([^\']*)\' <)?(([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)@
			([a-zA-Z0-9-]*\.)+([a-zA-Z0-9-\.]*))/',
...er...

looks like you'll need to do it programmatically. Can't think how to do 
that with a simple regexp

Kae