phpregexpreg-replace

regex (convert br and dash to li, or find dash between br tag)

How can convert the "-" to list (li) on PHP? Example HTML:

any text - any text  any text any text  any text any text 

<br><br>- any text any text<br>- any text 1 2 3 | \ ,<br><br>
<br>any text

I tried using the following regex:

(<\s*[^>]*>-\s?(.*?)<\s*[^>]*>)

But then only the first match can be found...

By this can find everything what I need - that start from the <br> tag, but it cannot set the end of the search (it will be in the <br> tag):

<br>\s?-\s?(.*?) (link to test: https://regex101.com/r/CqjpzX/1 ).

Solution

  • I'm not 100% sure this is what you're asking for, but if you want to capture everything between the <br>- and <br> you need to use a regex like this. <br>\s?-\s?(.*?)(?=<br>)

    Here is an example on your text https://regex101.com/r/71cHQB/1

    I hope this can help you.

    Also don't forget the /g after the regex so it doesn't stop after the first match.