Question

I have this as part of a preg_replace array

// CENTER ITEMS
$pattern[5] = '/\[center\](.*?)\[\/center\]/i';
$replace[5] = "<div class=\"centerText\">$1</div>";

It works as long as whatever it is finding is like

[center]lol[/center]

But if the text is like

[center]hello

my name is steve
[/center]

It does not work how can I solve this?

Thanks

Answer 1

Add the “s” modifier, which will include newlines in the match text.

s (PCRE_DOTALL) If this modifier is set, a dot metacharacter in the pattern matches all characters, including newlines. Without it,
newlines are excluded. This modifier is equivalent to Perl’s /s
modifier. A negative class such as [^a] always matches a newline
character, independent of the setting of this modifier.

http://www.php.net/manual/en/reference.pcre.pattern.modifiers.php