e modifier treats the replacement string in preg_replace() as if it were PHP. : preg_replace « String « PHP






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  3. preg_replace

e modifier treats the replacement string in preg_replace() as if it were PHP.

 
<?
function convDate( $month, $day, $year ) {
  $year = ($year < 70 )?$year+2000:$year;
  $time = ( mktime( 0,0,0,$month,$day,$year) );
  return date("l d F Y", $time);
}

$dates = "3/18/03<br />\n7/22/04";
$dates = preg_replace( "/([0-9]+)\/([0-9]+)\/([0-9]+)/e","convDate($1,$2,$3)", $dates);
print $dates;
?>








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