Re^5: Reg expression to replace URLs with Anchor tags in Tweets

Because PHP has PHP regex, not Perl regex. This site is perlmonks, about Perl, not PHP. Go visit phpmonks.org :)

The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119.

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Re^6: Reg expression to replace URLs with Anchor tags in Tweets by halfbaked (Sexton) on Apr 19, 2009 at 18:08 UTC
Actually preg_replace in PHP uses Perl regex. I decided to post my question here because Perl Monks have been so great at helping me in the past. I really was just trying to figure out a Perl regex, so sorry to have upset so many Monks. Next time I won't mention that the Perl knowledge I acquire here can be used by any other programming languages, or that any programming languages even exist. Thanks everyone.	[reply]
Re^7: Reg expression to replace URLs with Anchor tags in Tweets by merlyn (Sage) on Apr 19, 2009 at 20:12 UTC
Actually preg_replace in PHP uses Perl regex. No, it doesn't. It really doesn't. It might use "PCRE", which despite the name, is not Perl, nor even very Perl Compatible. This is why you're getting pushback. You are operating from a false claim. -- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119.	[reply]