Posted by drako on 06/29/06 19:55

Thanks.

I think I must have left my brain on the train today, but what I came
up with earlier was:

function convert_text_to_images($text) {

$split = preg_split('//', strtolower($text), -1, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY);
print_r($split);


$imgsrc_string="";
$regex = '/[a-z0-9]/i';

for($a = 0; $a <= (count($split)-1); $a++){
if(preg_match($regex, $split[$a])) {$temp =
preg_replace('/([a-z0-9])/', '<img src="$1.jpg" alt="$1">',
$split[$a]); $imgsrc_
string .= $temp;}
elseif ($split[$a]== ' ') {$imgsrc_string .= '<img src="space.jpg"
alt="&nbsp;">';}
elseif ($split[$a]== '!') {$imgsrc_string .= '<img
src="exclamation.jpg" alt="&nbsp;">';}
else {$imgsrc_string .= $string[$a];}

}
return($imgsrc_string);
}

This gives me one large string that I can easily insert into a webpage.

I'm sure if combine elements of what you suggest, I'll soon crack this.

Thanks for your help.
Neil.


Janwillem Borleffs wrote:

> drako wrote:
> > I thought using "preg_match" would work - i.e.
> >
> > if(preg_match('/([a-z0-9])/', $text)) {preg_replace('/([a-z0-9])/',
> > '<img src="$1.jpg" />', $text); }
> >
>
> This is superfluous use of preg_* functions, as you can use preg_replace
> without the preg_match.
>
> Tricky thing, however, is that img tags contain spaces and you only want to
> replace spaces outside the tags.
>
> The following solution offers a workaround for this problem:
>
> $text = 'hello world!';
>
> // replace special cases
> $special = array(
> ' ' => 'space.jpg',
> '!' => 'exclamation.jpg',
> '_' => 'underscore.jpg'
> );
>
> // generate a string from the special characters
> $specialchars = preg_quote(implode('', array_keys($special)), '/');
>
> // start replacing; the special characters will generate invalid image
> markers (like "_.jpg"),
> // which will be replaced during the the second run of preg_replace
> $text = preg_replace('/([a-z0-9' . $specialchars . '])/', '<img src="$1.jpg"
> />', $text);
>
> // replace special characters in the img src attributes
> $text = preg_replace('/([' . $specialchars . ']).jpg/e', '$special[\'$1\']',
> $text);
>
> This way, you will only have to maintain the $special array and leave the
> other code as is.
>
> There are other ways of doing this, but the above should give you a push in
> the right direction.
>
>
> JW

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