php regex from java regex

Question

I'm trying to figure out a regex (in PHP) to find

<ANYTHING_BUT_WHITSPACE>? OR ?<ANYTHING_BUT_WHITSPACE>

and replace the ? with a blank space. So, '?test test?' should become 'test test'. I have one working in java

"(?<=\\S)\\" + "?" + "|\\" + "?" + "(?=\\S)"

Any idea what it would be in PHP?

AbraCadaver · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-29 19:56:12Z

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There is probably a better pattern but almost the same:

echo preg_replace('/(?<=\S)\?|\?(?=\S)/', '$1', '?test test?');

answered Mar 29, 2016 at 19:56

AbraCadaver

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