[pmwiki-users] preg vs str_replace
Patrick R. Michaud
pmichaud at pobox.com
Thu Oct 12 21:41:47 CDT 2006
On Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 10:37:04PM -0400, The Editor wrote:
> Can someone explain the advantage in terms of php code between
>
> preg_replace('/\\(:/', '(:', $value);
>
> and
>
> str_replace('(:', '(:', $value);
The str_replace function is faster, but it can be only used to search
and replace fixed strings. The preg_function can find things matching
arbitrary patterns and manipulate them in various ways (including executing
code), but it's somewhat slower.
> Also it seems I'm getting pages included that are read protected.
> Isn't that supposed to not be possible? Very strange...
The ReadPage() function doesn't do _any_ checking for authorization
to access a page. To read a page only if the visitor has authorization
for the page, use RetrieveAuthPage() instead.
(I'll note in passing that the built-in functions that do page text
variable handling use RetrieveAuthPage(), so that people cannot use
page text variables to circumvent read restrictions.)
Pm
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