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Find and replace php <? short tags exclude xml and <?= in Netbeans

I am working on an old project and found the previous developer has used <? all over the place.

I know how to search and replace all Literal occurrences but is there another way to find the exact matches?

This link only outlines how to do a search and replace but not a detailed search and replace - Search and Replace Entire Project (Netbeans)

Is there a regex or something I can use to replace every <? occurance and exclude any <?= , <?php , <?= or <?xml

Solution

  • You can try TextCrawler (http://www.digitalvolcano.co.uk/textcrawler.html) program, which support regex for find and replace. Use this regexp:

    \<\?[^=|xml|php]

    And replace it with <?php