Replace Modifer (Escape an =)

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Hi,

Does anyone know how you escape an extra '=' character when using the replace modifier?

I have this:

[[+url:replace=`watch?v==embed/`]]

Which works great, but I actually want to replace 'watch?=' but if I write the snippet like this:

[[+url:replace=`watch?v===embed/`]]

It obviously doesn't work due to the three '===' characters together. Is there a way to escape the additional '='?

Thanks,

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BobRay Reply #2, 7 years, 1 month ago

Give this a try. I'm not sure it will work:

[[+url:replace=`'watch?v='==embed/`]]

If not, I don't think an output modifier will do it. You'd need a custom snippet (call it MyReplace). Something like this:

Tag:

[[!MyReplace? &search=`watch?v=` &replace=`embed/` &subject=`[[+url]]` ]];

Snippet:

/* MyReplace snippet */

$search = $modx->getOption('search', $scriptProperties, false);
$replace = $modx->getOption('replace', $scriptProperties, false);
$subject = $modx->getOption('subject', $scriptProperties, false);

if ($search && $replace && $subject) {
   return(str_replace($search, $replace, $subject));
} else {
    $modx->log(modX::LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, '[MyReplace] Missing property');
}

return '';

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LK Reply #3, 7 years, 1 month ago

Thank you again, Bob.

First method unfortunately didn't work but the second one worked like a charm.

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[[!MyReplace? &search=`watch?v=` &replace=`embed/` &subject=`[[+url]]`]]

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BobRay Reply #4, 7 years, 1 month ago

I'm glad that worked for you. Thanks for reporting back.

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