Post Content Find / Replace 1.0.0

[EQnoble]

Hey mate.

[URL='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fp5O4FuVdnI']Veena Malik's ISI tattooed picture controversy investigation completed ( EXCLUSIVE) - YouTube[/URL]

This URL is not getting picked up.

What's pop'n...this should do the trick for that

Quick Find:

[url

Regular expression:

#(?:\[url=')http(?:s)?://(?:www\.)?(?:[a-z0-9-]+\.)?youtu(?:be\.com/(?:[a-z]+(?:/api/videos/)?)|\.be)(?:\?v=|/)?([a-z0-9_-]{11})(?:[^\s]+)?('])[^\[]+(?:\[/url])#siu

Replacement String:

[media=youtube]\1[/media]

 

[Mr Lucky]

I installed this (I think) But when I click on Tools>Replace in Posts I get an error:

The requested page could not be found.

can anyone please help?

However I am a bit confused by the manual

1. Upload the add-ons files into your XenForo installation. This will usually create a new directory within the library/ directory in your XenForo installation. In general, this shouldn’t overwrite any existing files.

I uploaded folders from the addon on to the library directory as outlined above, is that correct?

 

[Andrej]

You need to upload the /PostReplace folder so your structure would be /library/PostReplace. What you have done is upload the contents of the /PostReplace folder, but all those folders should be as sub-directories of /library/PostReplace

 

[Mr Lucky]

Thanks!!! I learn something new every day.

 

[Mr Lucky]

OK, got it working I think, but I'm a bit confused as to what to put to replace the videos.

This is the example in the addon instructions:

[video="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSW4LDAHIeU"]Video title here[/video]

But the source BBcode I have is different, they seem to be either:

[video=youtube;g0uAlX9RSEI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0uAlX9RSEI[/video]

or

[video=youtube_share;gQV8yReZQY8]http://youtu.be/gQV8yReZQY8[/video]

So what should I use as Regular Expression and Replacement String?

Thanks

 

[Jeremy]

The replacement I linked in your previous thread should account for the first source BB Code, you'll need a separate one for the second one.

 

[Mr Lucky]

The replacement I linked in your previous thread should account for the first source BB Code, you'll need a separate one for the second one.

Thanks.

Would it just be

#\[video\=(youtube_share)\;([a-z0-9-_]+)\][^\[]+\[\/video\]#siu

Instead of

#\[video\=(youtube)\;([a-z0-9-_]+)\][^\[]+\[\/video\]#siu

 

[Jeremy]

Most likely, I haven't tested but you can probably use:

#\[video\=(youtube|youtube_share)\;([a-z0-9-_]+)\][^\[]+\[\/video\]#siu

 

[EQnoble]

[video=youtube;g0uAlX9RSEI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0uAlX9RSEI[/video]

[video=youtube_share;gQV8yReZQY8]http://youtu.be/gQV8yReZQY8[/video]

Quick Find:

[video

Regular expression:

#\[video=(?:youtube(?:_share)?);([^]]+)[^\[]+\[/video]#siu

Replacement String:

[media=youtube]\1[/media]

 

[Mr Lucky]

Well, almost worked. I tried it without ticking the "save changes" box and the test results looked fine, however when going for it with box ticked I got this error:

Error
Please enter a message with no more than 5 pieces of media.

 

[EQnoble]

Well, almost worked. I tried it without ticking the "save changes" box and the test results looked fine, however when going for it with box ticked I got this error:



View attachment 61231

Before running that expression go to:

ACP -> options -> messages
Maximum Media Embeds per Message -> set this to 0 while you are running the replacement.

Run the replacement, and then set the Maximum Media Embeds per Message back to a number suitable to your preference.

 

[tommydamic68]

@Kier - will this work for this issue? http://xenforo.com/community/threads/character-issues.63237/

 

[EQnoble]

It will as long as the strings to be replaced are in some sort of retreating pattern and it appears they are... (this will not fix the titles though, just the post content)

I have a few minutes now if you want send me a link to that post.

 

[tommydamic68]

Wel

It will as long as the strings to be replaced are in some sort of retreating pattern and it appears they are... (this will not fix the titles though, just the post content)

I have a few minutes now if you want send me a link to that post.

the are others similar as well - same issue. Here is the thread - http://www.sphynxlair.com/community...a-but-neenee-is-going-to-the-vet-today.16870/

 

[EQnoble]

Use these, then let me know if you find any more weird string that are similar but different.


Quick Find:

â

Regular expression:

#‘|’#siu

Replacement String:

'

________________________________________

Quick Find:

â€

Regular expression:

#…#siu

Replacement String:

…

____________________________


Quick Find:

â

Regular expression:

#“#siu

Replacement String:

"

____________________________


Quick Find:

â

Regular expression:

#–#siu

Replacement String:

–

 

[tommydamic68]

Use these, then let me know if you find any more weird string that are similar but different.


Quick Find:

â

Regular expression:

#‘|’#siu

Replacement String:

'

________________________________________

Quick Find:

â€

Regular expression:

#…#siu

Replacement String:

,

I get a white screen with this error. JUST with the first one you gave me (â), the second seems to find the codes on the test mode.

Fatal error: Out of memory (allocated 234881024) (tried to allocate 32 bytes) in /home1/admin/public_html/community/library/Zend/Db/Statement/Mysqli.php on line 294

 

[EQnoble]

That happens because there are so many matches making you have run out of useable memory.

Jake provided the solution to that here...

http://xenforo.com/community/threads/import-from-ipb-3-2-posts-not-parsed-at-all.39577/#post-435226


Follow that guide and then try it again.

I have edited the second one...miscalculated , which should be ...

 

[tommydamic68]

@EQnoble Is this a different one perhaps? http://www.sphynxlair.com/community/threads/sphynx-personality.38/#post-50 or http://www.sphynxlair.com/community/threads/sneezing-and-limping.1872/#post-22670

thanks for your help by the way!

 

[tommydamic68]

can i change the quick find to this †? i get a lot of them this way.

 

[EQnoble]

can i change the quick find to this †? i get a lot of them this way.

The problem with that is while it would catch †, it would also match strings that start with that and mess them up.


‘
’
–
“

â€

The only easy way to replace †is to replace all other strings containing †first or you will end up with all sorts of weirdness.

Example:

“ -should be- “ but running the replacement for †anything but last would leave you with this ”œ making many steps needed to fix this.

to be honest in this case I am not comfortable just giving you instructions because you can really mess up your post table if you do anything out of order or incorrectly,it wont completely ruin your posts but it will make it 50 times harder to replace everything and at the very least take a lot of time.

If this addon supported using a callback processor I could write a script to handle this with one shot but with regex alone it is very involved and probably not suitable for someone who doesn't already understand it and I don't want to be responsible if your posts get fubar'd and I don't have the time at the moment to do anything that will take a lot time researching.