PHP help: Normalzation?

[Gayle29uk]

Simple question, hopefully a simple answer...

I need to strip all the returns out of an input string and replace them with a space in PHP, eregi_replace("\n"," ",$string); doesn't work and I'm not sure why. Could it be because the input is coming from IE on windows and I'm running apache on linux? If so, how do I normalize the data.

It's way WAY too long since I did any of this

[Miserableman]

As you say, it might be the difference between windows and linux line returns. Try replacing \r\n (or whatever it is) instead.

[Gayle29uk]

Tried that, and tried accessing the page from netscape on linux as well with no joy (however I seem to recall all newer browsers normalizing \n to CRLF so that's no surprise but I'm not sure).

Details...

var_dump($rawdata) - string(67) "skeletons 100 skeletons 200 zombies 100 deamons 200 zombies 200"

$rawdata is exploded into $datalist

var_dump($datalist) - array(6) { [0]=> string(9) "skeletons" [1]=> string(14) "100 skeletons" [2]=> string(12) "200 zombies" [3]=> string(12) "100 deamons" [4]=> string(12) "200 zombies" [5]=> string(3) "200" }

Note the first 'skeletons' is fine, the 100 in the second has a return after it (not a space) so is not exploded seperately. Same with all the rest.

$rawdata has had all \n replaced with xx with no effect so I'm now stumped.

[edit]For those doubting my sanity it's a parser, hence the atrange input [/edit]

[Gayle29uk]

um...how do I put this simply?

I'm dumb seems to cover it

str_replace("\n"," ",$rawdata) wouldn't do anything...

$rawdata=str_replace("\n"," ",$rawdata) does

Thanks to outcast for helping with that

[MT]

You're not dumb, just used to C and passing buffers around.

i did replace \n with <br/> once, it worked fine. unfortunatly i used java and i have no idea at all about php, but the \n shouldnt be the problem

(i know this wasnt much help :/)

Originally posted by wu_trax
i did replace \n with <br/> once, it worked fine. unfortunatly i used java and i have no idea at all about php, but the \n shouldnt be the problem

(i know this wasnt much help :/)

hes fixed it, you dont need to keep posting!

[Outcast2k]

Originally posted by Cocaine


hes fixed it, you dont need to keep posting!

He's a 'she'.

this happens if you dont read to the end of the thread ^^

Originally posted by Outcast2k


He's a 'she'.

Everybody on the internet is a he unless that person has told me otherwise!

[Gayle29uk]

Originally posted by Cocaine


Everybody on the internet is a he unless that person has told me otherwise!

I work on the same principle, male till proven otherwise however on this occasion Outcast is right

I tend to ignore any incorrect pronouns though as it just leads to calls of 'Picture! Picture!' and lots of A/S/L

[Mong]

Originally posted by Gayle28uk
I tend to ignore any incorrect pronouns though as it just leads to calls of 'Picture! Picture!' and lots of A/S/L

My psychic powers of deduction say... 28/Female/UK ?

Call me crazy!!

M.

[meglamaniac]

Originally posted by Mong

Call me crazy!!

Shan't!


Bet you weren't expecting that, eh?