Replace all <> if they occur between quotation marks

Asked Jan 03 '20 at 15:23

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How can I update my regular expression to handle all occurrences of > (that occur between quotation marks)?

\=(("|').*)>(.*("|'))\im

Here is a working example: https://regexr.com/4rjnf

If I run my regex on the following string I only replace one occurrence not all.

Source string: <div attr='.foo > .bar > .baz'><div>
Result from my regex: <div attr='.foo > .bar > .baz'><div>
My desired result: <div attr='.foo > .bar > .baz'><div>

edited Jan 03 '20 at 15:29

asked Jan 03 '20 at 15:23

sazr

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Don't use regex to parse HTML/XML. Use a parser instead. – anubhava Jan 03 '20 at 15:25
@anubhava I am editing/sanitising the html prior to saving to a database – sazr Jan 03 '20 at 15:26
I believe `>` should **already** be `>` in a standard HTML text. – anubhava Jan 03 '20 at 15:27
Can anyone suggest a PHP parser? I am editing/sanitising the html prior to saving to a database – sazr Jan 03 '20 at 15:29

Replace all <> if they occur between quotation marks

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