I have several php files in directory, I want to replace a few words in all files with different text. It's a part of my code:
$replacements_table=
("hr_table", "tbl_table"),
('$users', "tbl_users")
foreach ($file in $phpFiles){
foreach($replacement in $replacements_table){
(Get-Content $file) | Foreach-Object{$_ -replace $replacement} | Set-Content $file
}
}
It works fine for replacing "hr_table", but doesn't work at all for '$users'. Any suggestion would be nice
The string is actually a regular expression and so needs to be escaped using '\'. See this thread
$replacements_table= ("hr_table", "tbl_table"), ('\$users', "tbl_users")
will work.
The dollar sign is a special regular expression character, matches the end of a string, you need to escape it. Escaping a character in regex is done by a '\' in front of the character you want to escape. A safer method to escape characters (especially when you don't know if the string might contain special characters) is to use the Escape method.
$replacements_table= (hr_table', 'tbl_table'), ([regex]::Escape('$users'), 'tbl_users')
Try escaping "$' with a backslash: '\$users'
The $ symbol tells the regular expression to match at the end of the string. The backslash is the regular expression escape character.
try using double quotes around your variable name instead of single quotes
EDIT
Try something along these lines ....
$x = $x.Replace($originalText, '$user')
