php preg_replace regex replace string between two string

Question

I have the following problem: I want to replace (in php) a special character, but only if it\'s between two other characters. It tried to find a solution with with preg_repl

Answer 1

A simple understandable solution could be the use of preg_replace_callback:

$str = preg_replace_callback('/"[^"]+"/',
       function ($m) { return str_replace(";", ":", $m[0]); },
       $str);

"[^"]+" captures the quoted stuff to $m[0] where ; is replaced by :

See test at eval.in (link will expire soon)