Regex - Ignore php in <?php

Question

I try to find all occurences of <? on my site to replace them with <?php but occurences of <?php should be ignored.

Otherwise it would change <?php as well and would replace <?php with <?phpphp

Attempt: <\?\b(?!php)\b

Zenoo · Accepted Answer · 2018-05-28 14:17:01Z

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You don't need the word boundaries. You can use the RegEx <\?(?!php)

answered May 28, 2018 at 14:17

Zenoo

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Note to myself: You can add more ignore string if you separate them with the pipe | e.g. <\?(?!php|=). This ignores <?php and <?=.