Regexp search replace patterns

Regexp.md

Regexp search replace patterns

In this case using vs code

Simple example, from print "text" To print ("text")

print(.*?)\n

print ($1)

Advanced example

• To recreate mocked php functions from the manual index page, eg. https://www.php.net/manual/en/book.pcntl.php
• Seach: ^(.*?)\W\W+\W(.*?)$
• Replace:

\/**\n *\n * $1\n *\t$2\n\ *\n *\n*\/\nfunction $1(\$description = "$2", ...\$args) {\n\tif(\$_ENV['DISABLE_PCNTL_PLUGIN']) return null\;\n\terror_log("['PCNTL_PLUGIN'] Ran, $1");\n}\n

• the above will produce an output like this

vscode_regexp.png