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    Posted by metricbpo  · 11-10-2013 - 22:09

    Warning:  preg_replace(): Unknown modifier '/' in /usr/local/src/phpdocx_trial/classes/AutoLoader.inc(29) : eval()'d code on line 58

    Stack trace:

      1. {main}() /domain/dev.ddesk/skiprm/edit.php:0

      2. preg_replace("/\$NOTE_DATE_d/m/Y\$/", "24/09/2013", "<?xml versio...



    As $ is already escape, there are other possible variable characters that need escaping. The variable name contains / as NOTE_DATE_(.*) is being pumped into date() dynamically.


    Posted by jorgelj  · 14-10-2013 - 09:21

    Hello,



    You need to escape '/' in PHPDocX code but you can use anyother symbol like '-'.



    Regards.


    Posted by metricbpo  · 14-10-2013 - 18:41

    Our customers wish to use the / character in their templates. I also can't pass an escaped \/ to addTemplateVariable. It would seem more logical to escape the regex correctly within the PHPDOCX code like so:



            function regexEscape($regex)



            {

                    $patterns = array('/', '^', '.', '$', '|', '(', ')', '[', ']', '*', '+', '?', '{', '}', ',');

                    $replace = array('\/', '\^', '\.', '\$', '\|', '\(', '\)', '\[', '\]', '\*', '\+', '\?', '\{', '\}', '\,');

                    return str_replace($patterns, $replace, $regex);

            }