Manage Website Template

I'm working on a basic website manager. I've incorporated an open source html editor, but it doesn't know what to do with <!--#include virtual="/path/to/file.html" -->

So it ignores it and does not show it in the editor.. What I want to do is replace an instance like that with something like {INCLUDE=/path/to/file.html} in the $html variable (which contains the web page html that I'm editing).. so that appears (instead of the blank spot where the other code would be) when I load $html in the HTML editor. then when I submit the modified HTML in the editor, I want to replace {INCLUDE=/path/to/file.html} with the appropriate code <!--#include virtual="/path/to/file.html" --> in $_POST[html] so I can save it to a .html file.

Can someone help me.. or just point me in the right direction?

thanks!

Rather then a virtual include, which not all browsers support, why not a PHP include?

My PHP application simply opens a .html file and puts the contents into the editor window.. then when the editor window is saved, it writes the contents back to the .html file.. a php include doesn't apply here

Right... but then what is the virtual include for? The virtual include does the same thing PHP include does... read the contents, display in place... maybe I misunderstood your problem?

I can try again..

I have a file manager. I want to open an html file and get the contents so I can display it in the editor window of my file manager.. but before I place the code in the editor window, I want replace all virtual include instances with a more friendly code like {INCLUDE=/path/to/file.html}

so I need to search the $html variable for all virtual includes and replace it with the other code.. then after I save the page, I need to replace all instances of {INCLUDE=/some/file.html} to the vritual include code so I can write it back to the .html file

I don't need to parse the data that's in the other file, I just need to replace the code that points to it..

If its a constant replacement, str_replace will do, if its variable, a regex will do nicely there.

If you're not going to actually help with the coding, why bother posting?

Is something like this what I need?

$html = preg_replace("<!--#include virtual=\"[a-zA-Z0-9_/-]\"-->", "{INCLUDE=\\0}", $html);

$html = preg_replace("{INCLUDE=[a-zA-Z0-9_/-]}", "<!--#include virtual=\"\\0\"-->", $html);

If you're going to insult me, why should I help at all? I'm not in a habit of simply writing out code for people, as it often doesn't help them learn.

Yes, that'll do the job to switching between them, though your regex is wrong

$html = preg_replace('/\<!--#include virtual="([a-z0-9_/-]+?)"--\>/i', '{INCLUDE=$1}', $html);

$html = preg_replace('/\{INCLUDE=([a-zA-Z0-9_/-]+?)\}/i', '<!--#include virtual="$1"-->', $html);

Sorry, at first I thought you were one of those people just making comments to get your post count up..

I do have a question about your code though, I'm trying what you posted..

$html = preg_replace('/\<!--#include virtual="([a-zA-Z0-9_/-]+?)"--\>/i', '{INCLUDE=$1}', $html);

I get this message:

Warning: preg_replace() [function.preg-replace]: Unknown modifier '-'

I've tried removing the - but then I get an error message about the ]

Is there something I'm missing?

Is there something I'm missing?

Yes. Look at the delimiters. You can't just plonk an unescaped delimiter in the middle of the expression without it throwing a fit.

You can't just plonk an unescaped delimiter in the middle of the expression without it throwing a fit.

Which delimiter are you referring to? There's several in there..

There are exactly two delimiters in a valid regular expression. No more, no less. You have three.

http://uk.php.net/manual/en/regexp.reference.delimiters.php

Well I stopped the error message from showing up with this line:

$html = preg_replace('/\<!--#include virtual="([a-zA-Z0-9_\/-]+?)"--\>/i', '{INCLUDE=$1}', $html);

but it still doesn't work like it should..

Judging by your description in post one, you're going the wrong way round, so to cater for either scenario:


$html = preg_replace('~\<\!--#include virtual="([^"]+)"--\>~i', '{INCLUDE=$1}', $html);
$html = preg_replace('~\{INCLUDE=([^\}]+)\}~i', '<!--#include virtual="$1"-->', $html);