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Replace javascript document.write() call from a HTML document body with its HTML content

Is there an AND operator for PHP's regular expressions?

I'm trying to replace everything from document to ' AND ).

$output = preg_replace('/document.*\'/', '', $output);

I've tried to find some tutorial for regex, but I can't find anything good.

EDIT: Misunderstanding.

This is the code before replaced.

<p>document.write(unescape('
<embed src="XXXXXX" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="window" width="712" height="475"%.35" allowFullScreen="true" ></embed>
')));</p>

I want to make it look like this:

<p>
<embed src="XXXXXX" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="window" width="712" height="475"%.35" allowFullScreen="true" ></embed>
</p>

Replaced:

document.write(unescape('

and

')));
Solution

  • What you actually want is to replace two parts, and leave something in between over. To not make it match undesired parts, use explicit character classes:

    = preg_replace("/document[\w.(]+['](.*?)['][);]+/s", '$1', $output);

    So it matches anything enclosed in (' and ') with varying amounts of the latter.