[vikaspa]

I have string like
$a='<tr height="19" style="height:14.25pt">';

using preg_replace

how do i make this to <tr>

$cat = preg_replace('<tr*>', "<tr> ", $a);

How to do this

[andrewsw]

Have you looked at the docs?

$cat = preg_replace('/<tr.*>/', "<tr> ", $a);

[vikaspa]

Dear andrewsw

Thanks

Really really appreciate this

Your solution

$cat = preg_replace('/<tr.*>/', "<tr> ", $a);

works like magic !!

with this I could take care of <tr> part

and convert following table

<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="664" style="border-collapse: collapse;width:498pt"> <colgroup><col width="36" style="width:27pt"> <col width="47" style="width:35pt"> <col width="285" style="width:214pt"> <col width="272" style="width:204pt"> <col width="24" style="width:18pt"> </colgroup>
<tbody>
<tr height="19" style="height:14.25pt"> 
<td height="19" align="right" width="36" style="height:14.25pt;width:27pt">1004</td> 
<td width="47" style="width:35pt">QUES</td> 
<td colspan="2" width="557" style="width:418pt">The first 5 terms of a sequence are -18, -12, -6, 0, 6. If this an AP find 10th term:</td>
 <td width="24" style="width:18pt">Q</td> </tr>

 <tr height="21" style="height:15.75pt"> 
<td height="21" style="height:15.75pt"></td> 
<td>Given:</td> 
<td colspan="2">For a sequence, t<sub>1</sub> = -18, t<sub>2</sub> = -12, t<sub>3</sub> = -6, t<sub>4 </sub>= 0, t<sub>5</sub> = 6</td> <td>AS1</td> </tr> 
</table>

to
using simple commands (as per your guidance
$cat = preg_replace('/<tr.*>/', "<tr> ", $data);
$cat1 = preg_replace('/<table.*>/', "<table> ", $cat);

<table> <tbody> <tr> <td height="19" align="right" width="36" style="height:14.25pt;width:27pt">1004</td> <td width="47" style="width:35pt">QUES</td> <td colspan="2" width="557" style="width:418pt">The first 5 terms of a sequence are -18, -12, -6, 0, 6. If this an AP find 10th term:</td> <td width="24" style="width:18pt">Q</td> </tr> 
<tr> <td height="21" style="height:15.75pt"></td> <td>Given:</td> <td colspan="2">For a sequence, t<sub>1</sub> = -18, t<sub>2</sub> = -12, t<sub>3</sub> = -6, t<sub>4 </sub>= 0, t<sub>5</sub> = 6</td> <td>AS1</td> </tr> </tbody> </table>

I tried
$cat2 = preg_replace('/<td.*>/', "<td> ", $cat1);
but this removed all data between td

How do i remove
string

width="24" style="width:18pt"

from

 <td width="24" style="width:18pt">Q</td>

in short
convert (using preg_replace)

<td width="24" style="width:18pt">Q</td>

to

<td >Q</td>

[vikaspa]

Dear All

I can get clean tables
using following

$str1 = preg_replace('/height.*?>/', '> ', $data);
echo "<br><br>str1 after replace".htmlentities($str1);

 $str1 = preg_replace('/width.*?>/', '> ', $str1);
echo "<br><br>str1 after replac width e".htmlentities($str1);

Thanks

This post has been edited by Dormilich: 20 January 2013 - 03:34 AM
Reason for edit:: please use [CODE] [/CODE] tags when posting code