Posted by Rik on 01/03/07 15:50

monomaniac21 wrote:
> hi all
>
> using preg_replace
>
> how can i replace the letter i in a string with nothing (delete it)
> when it is the last letter or it is followed by an i?
>
> i have products that are listed in a db with i or ii as in 320ii and i
> want to strip out the i's at the end when displaying the product name

With last latter, do you mean last letter in a word or the real last
character.
Word:
preg_replace('/i(\b|i)/i','$1',$string);
Dead last:
preg_replace('/i($|i)/si','$1',$string);

If you want to strip out ALL ending i's:
preg_replace('/i+(\b)/i','$1',$string);
--
Rik Wasmus

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