Coding help - [PHP - Preg]

[James Freeman]

I'm currently working on a template system like xenForo's, I've got my code working partly, I'm kinda new to the whole preg_match and preg_replace..

Right, I'll show you some code..

test.tpl:

<curve:if condition="test">
    Hai
    <curve:else>
        had
    </curve:else>
</curve:if>

However it's being translated to..

<curve:if condition="test">



    Hai


     <?php } else { ?>


        had


     <?php } else { ?>


</curve:if>

My PHP code is as follows:

<?php
        private function _handleElse ( )
        {
            $find = '#(<curve:if)(.*)(<curve:else>|</curve:else>)(.*)</curve:if>#is';
            $input = $this->_outPut;
            while( ( bool ) preg_match( $find, $input ) )
            {
                $input = preg_replace
                (
                    $find,
                    '<curve:if$2 <?php } else { ?> $4</curve:if>',
                    $input
                );
            }
            echo $input;die;
        }

 

[Jaxel]

I dont know exactly what you're trying to do... but it appears you don't have a lot of understanding of Regular Expressions. In this case, I recommend you DON'T use them. Without a deep knowledge of regular expressions, they are very dangerous. In your code above, you have already made a major mishap with your use of greedy catch alls.

Some people, when confronted with a problem, think "I know, I'll use regular expressions." Now they have two problems.

Not to mention, you won't be able to do nested conditions unless you program each one individually.