I'm trying to find all the lines that begin with > and added bbcode around them and ignore all lines that do not begin with >

Sample data:

Line 1
>Line 2
>Line 3
Line 4

>Line 5

Last line

The desired output is:

Line 1
quote>Line 2
>Line 3/quote
Line 4

quote>Line 5/quote

Last line

 

I've come close, but the formatting just doesn't come out correctly.  The /quote after 'Line 3' appears after 'Line 4'
This is what I was trying to use: ^(>\s*)+.*/m

Tried cracking this nut for about a month now, but haven't quite got it yet.

Thanks,

Rush
 

match on = '/(>.*?)(\r\n[^>]|$)/s'

replace with = 'quote$1/quote$2'

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ddrudik,

Your suggestion doesn't handle the consecutive lines starting with '>' being one quote like lines 2 and 3 in the sample.

 

Rush,

Try pattern

(?:^>.+)(?:\n^>.+)*

with replacement string

quote$0/quote
 

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Michael

"In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not."
Albert Einstein

My testing shows different results, given the code:

 <?php
$string = <<<EOF
Line 1
>Line 2
>Line 3
Line 4

>Line 5

Last line
EOF;
$pattern = '/(>.*?)(\r\n[^>]|$)/s';
$repl = 'quote$1/quote$2';
echo preg_replace($pattern, $repl, $string );
?>
 

Results in:

Line 1
quote>Line 2
>Line 3/quote
Line 4

quote>Line 5/quote

Last line

The pattern (?:^>.+)(?:\n^>.+)* does not match the source for me.

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Maybe it's a flavor thing.  Testing on http://rereplace.com

Input

Line 1
>Line 2
>Line 3
Line 4

>Line 5

Last line

Test 1:  pattern (>.*?)(\r\n[^>]|$)

           replacement string = quote$1/quote$2

Result :

 

Test 2:  pattern (?:^>.+)(?:\n^>.+)*

replacement string = quote$0/quote

Result

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Michael

"In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not."
Albert Einstein

Might be, tested here:

http://www.regex-tester.de/regex_en.html

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Ah I see what happening, first off nice test site.

My regex needs multiline option on. My  test platforms had it on by default. 

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Michael

"In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not."
Albert Einstein

Well, I tried: (?:^>.+)(?:\n^>.+)*
and it is working great on my site.

I really do appreciate the time and suggestions from everyone!

 
Thanks!

Rush